tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2937298Sun, 10 Jan 2010 05:30:46 +0000A collection of tech news, insight, personal opinion plus all sorts of wonderful stuff - some of which you might expect, some of which might knock you for six. Most of it's just an interesting read though; a delve into the eccentric mind of a 20something, quintessentially English (so therefore totally screwball) Uni student. Enjoy :)http://kerblam.co.uk/index.phpnoreply@blogger.com (Christopher)Blogger1050125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2937298.post-2010129445116172999Sun, 10 Jan 2010 05:29:00 +00002010-01-10T05:30:46.597Zhumourironygeekerygeek culturetruthgeekA Diagram of Geek Culture, courtesy of the Gawkerhttp://kerblam.co.uk/2010/01/like-of-week-100110.phpnoreply@blogger.com (Christopher)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2937298.post-7770389548194170664Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:52:00 +00002009-11-01T00:56:09.754ZBeen busy since I graduated. Wondering what I should turn this blog into? It needs a redesign regardless, and I quite fancy going more retro. Batman style.I might turn K! into a tech-related blog, but then I already have my technology related blog, Into The Unknown. I have a tumblr blog, nontitled. I just set up my personal site with WordPress but I really like this domain name... Any ideas http://kerblam.co.uk/2009/11/hmm.phpnoreply@blogger.com (Christopher)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2937298.post-797113982076594180Mon, 03 Aug 2009 20:31:00 +00002009-11-01T00:59:53.394Za lulzy movedemonefnetSad day today (3rd of August 2009) - efnet.demon.co.uk was finally shut down. This man had a hand in it (frankly I think he might've done it for the lulz while he was bored inbetween his soaps ;)It is sad for the EFNet community though. efnet.demon.co.uk had been running and hosting EFNet for millions of users for a very long time, and it was the only UK EFNet node left.Get in touch if you want http://kerblam.co.uk/2009/08/and-so-it-is-that-efnetdemoncouk-closes.phpnoreply@blogger.com (Christopher)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2937298.post-3283240334489118365Sun, 19 Jul 2009 19:11:00 +00002009-07-19T20:18:28.279+01:00personalweb sitesbloggingrandom musingsCVbioChrisWoods.co.uk was my very first domain name. I've had it for years (literally, since 1999) but I've only recently revamped it and updated it from its previous incarnation. I think it was 2003 or 2004 when I last changed the site, and it was beginning to really show its age.So, now my personal site has a spangly new WordPress install, a short bio about the site, domain name and myself along http://kerblam.co.uk/2009/07/finally-my-very-first-web-site-gets.phpnoreply@blogger.com (Christopher)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2937298.post-8178185947995077977Mon, 22 Jun 2009 02:04:00 +00002009-06-22T05:20:13.876+01:00steamshaderapidx9.dllworkaroundsourcehl2fixI was doing some housekeeping on my PC earlier, and as it was taking up a fair amount of space on my C: partition I decided to backup my Steam install, uninstall it and reinstall to another HDD.I backed up my installed games using Steam's Backup feature, then reinstalled Steam and restored my games (also downloading the newly released Smashball for good measure, which is an HL2 mod). Strangeness http://kerblam.co.uk/2009/06/problems-with-shaderapidx9dll-this-fix.phpnoreply@blogger.com (Christopher)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2937298.post-2559445674056530461Sun, 19 Apr 2009 20:41:00 +00002009-04-19T21:44:06.736+01:00meatspaceLARTfacepalmnever underestimate the power of human stupiditymeatspace erroridjuttiempicardBollocks bollocks bollocks. The IP address of the server this site's hosted on changed last month, and I totally forgot to update the DNS records for it. WHOOPS!For those who were wondering if I'd evaded paying my hosting bill... Me? Evading hosting bills? Never. How dare you think such a thing. ;) My site was never gone (the whole world was just looking in the wrong place for it!) That'll learn http://kerblam.co.uk/2009/04/im-responsible-for-my-own-dns-bollocks.phpnoreply@blogger.com (Christopher)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2937298.post-3811068009883562789Thu, 19 Mar 2009 01:08:00 +00002009-03-19T03:01:56.875ZresourceslinkshareStuff I've FoundusefulexploringroamingweblinksEvery so often I just go exploring across the Web. One link leads to another, and after a while you find yourself truly ensconsed in a marvellously diverse selection of web pages.I hate closing browser tabs too, so sometimes I have these pages open for weeks, months at a time (or saved across sessions!) I thought I'd start jotting some of them down on my blog for others to peruse and enjoy, so http://kerblam.co.uk/2009/03/stuff-ive-found-wc-16th-of-march-2008.phpnoreply@blogger.com (Christopher)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2937298.post-3624474697485612227Sun, 01 Mar 2009 16:46:00 +00002009-03-01T16:51:20.784ZopinionimpartialitycommentpublicityU2BBCInteresting... I just commented on an article off the BBC's sprawling U2 microsite, and although "all comments are reactively moderated" it seems that they're all being PRE-moderated too. Nice.My comments were in response to the U2 rooftop gig; here's what I wrote:So, er, does this mean that the Beeb is going to start doing more rooftop gigs to help promote new artists? What would be far better http://kerblam.co.uk/2009/03/happy-to-accept-all-comments-except.phpnoreply@blogger.com (Christopher)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2937298.post-6981626480838175867Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:13:00 +00002008-12-01T16:17:26.842Zspelling punctuation and grammarwhingeskillspet hateannoyancesfrustrationenglishlanguagesHello, I'm not dead yet! Been superSUPER busy recently but I'm keen to get back into the blogging (just as soon as this latest batch of brain-zapping coursework is over and done with).In the meantime, this, from the latest Zen customer newsletter, made me smile:GRAMMAR SCHOOLEven the most educated readers and writers can fail to get acomplete grasp of English grammar. The book: 'Eats, Shoots and http://kerblam.co.uk/2008/12/most-sense-ive-read-all-month.phpnoreply@blogger.com (Christopher)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2937298.post-1931021922614754875Mon, 25 Aug 2008 02:21:00 +00002008-08-25T03:29:29.214+01:00zalmancomputersgeekerync2000kerblamtekheads"What the bloody hell are you on about?" is something you'll no doubt be uttering - don't worry, it'll all become clear imminently. Long story short, my PC's currently out of action, I'm ordering an entirely new rig in September. A side effect of this is that I've had to keep up with all the work I would have been doing on the desktop, but on the laptop instead. It's an alright laptop, An Acer http://kerblam.co.uk/2008/08/i-go-away-for-while-i-doss-around-bit-i.phpnoreply@blogger.com (Christopher)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2937298.post-1869583116718488589Thu, 12 Jun 2008 21:51:00 +00002008-06-12T22:52:46.057+01:00word nerdrandom findsusefulweb trawlingkerblamdictionaryGreat though it is, Dictionary.com has its shortcomings. I've used Urban Dictionary for a long while too, but there's other great sites out there that provide functionality you'd otherwise have to pay for. LifeHacker has the lowdown (click to read the article - I love Gawker blogs!).I'm really busy at the moment, so blogging's gone onto the backburner. Sorry to any of the (semi) regular readers. http://kerblam.co.uk/2008/06/oh-smashing-now-i-can-stop-using.phpnoreply@blogger.com (Christopher)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2937298.post-5010052612680702259Tue, 20 May 2008 01:39:00 +00002008-05-20T02:55:28.570+01:00grumpy old manmoneykerblampaintnamesbizarreI was somewhat alarmed to re-read on the BBC News site last weekend that personal debt in the UK passed the one TRILLION pound mark almost four years ago - and it's well on the way to doubling. That's a huge amount of money (and a UK trillion is far more than a US trillion). I also learnt that, according to the BBC's Hugh Pym, "If you took £1 trillion worth of £5 notes they'd cover a county the http://kerblam.co.uk/2008/05/personal-debt-and-amusing-placenames.phpnoreply@blogger.com (Christopher)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2937298.post-4138096422993217554Fri, 11 Apr 2008 19:51:00 +00002008-04-11T20:55:18.175+01:00referencekerblamerror codeswindowstech supportThose fscking Windows error codes really annoy me sometimes - how am I supposed to remember what 0x00002740 stands for? (It's"Only one usage of each socket address (protocol/network address/port) is normally permitted.WSAEADDRINUSE" aka errorcode 10048, incidentally).If, like me, you don't have a photographic memory (or months to memorise what each code stands for), there's a couple of useful http://kerblam.co.uk/2008/04/windows-error-codes-know-thy-master.phpnoreply@blogger.com (Christopher)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2937298.post-2845186964913290820Sun, 06 Apr 2008 16:28:00 +00002009-01-31T13:20:05.882Zmultinetworkhowtoircguidepsybnccommandsshellmulti-servermulti-networkkerblammultiservertutorialbncThis work is licenced under a Creative Commons Licence.This tutorial is published under the "Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales" licence. If you want to provide this tutorial on your site for the benefit of your users/customers, you can do so providing you attribute the original to me. I put a lot of time and effort into compiling this, so my only real request is http://kerblam.co.uk/2008/04/definitive-2008-guide-to-multi-network.phpnoreply@blogger.com (Christopher)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2937298.post-709356991493389608Sun, 06 Apr 2008 01:18:00 +00002008-04-06T13:00:12.873+01:00voice-to-textspinvoxVTTphone it inbetaitu"One of the advantages on keeping your eye on technological developments is something comes along once in a while. It's actually quite interesting. I'm actually writing this blog post with voice using SpinVox which is www.spinvox.com, you can write blog posts. You can use it as a voicemail system so it transcribes incoming calls and you can also have recorded your own memos which were emailed to http://kerblam.co.uk/2008/04/speaking-freely_06.phpnoreply@blogger.com (Christopher)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2937298.post-420113903992953304Sat, 05 Apr 2008 08:20:00 +00002008-04-05T09:29:15.050+01:00oldgrumpy old manmoanwhingepipekerblamnewspaperageslippersI just cleaned about 10gigs of MPEG-2 video files off my PC (DVB-T rips)... At about 2 gig per hour, they soon build up. Three DVDs later, 10 gig more free space! Woo and yay.My first PC had a 10 gigabyte hard drive in it, and I just remember thinking "cor, I don't think I'll ever fill that up..." How wrong could I be: my fileserver (other machine) has more than 1 Terabyte of (mostly filled!!!) http://kerblam.co.uk/2008/04/feel-old-yeah-so-do-i.phpnoreply@blogger.com (Christopher)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2937298.post-3165439770356387994Thu, 20 Mar 2008 12:16:00 +00002008-03-20T12:22:29.308Z2009kerblamformula 1f1broadcastBBCYESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS! $deities be praised!The BBC has secured the television rights to show Formula One in the UK from the 2009 season. The five-year deal for an undisclosed fee marks F1's return to BBC screens 12 years after it switched to ITV. The contract covers all platforms and will see F1 broadcast on the BBC Sport website, as well as on TV and radio. F1 supremo Bernie http://kerblam.co.uk/2008/03/f1-comes-home-to-bbc.phpnoreply@blogger.com (Christopher)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2937298.post-2139379875482912868Wed, 05 Mar 2008 22:56:00 +00002008-03-05T22:59:12.325ZdeafnesskerblamDon't Lose The MusicrnidTVcampaignuniblogBBCCrossposted from my Uniblog. Preface: a while back, I wrote a case study about damage to my own hearing after prolonged exposure to loud noise over a period of years (musician, drummer, listen to loud music etc... I'm sure you're the same or similar, or you know someone like me).Anyway, on Monday, I was contacted by someone from the RNID, who said they were launching a new campaign called "http://kerblam.co.uk/2008/03/i-was-on-bbc-tv-and-for-good-reason-too.phpnoreply@blogger.com (Christopher)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2937298.post-3022035481772148908Sun, 02 Mar 2008 14:02:00 +00002008-03-02T14:04:36.942Zcoolback to the futureschmapplesocial mediakerblamantiviruslandmineslinksapple(A very convoluted way of saying 'the week containing February the 29th'). Has your girl proposed to you yet?Links of interest for the week with a day that shouldn't exist(29th of January).The Dangerous Ground Project has a very clever web site illustrating the difficulty millions face on a daily basis with unexploded landmines. Apparently, it takes just £1 to clear one square metre of land, http://kerblam.co.uk/2008/03/my-fave-links-in-week-of-day-that.phpnoreply@blogger.com (Christopher)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2937298.post-8412620160125701943Sun, 24 Feb 2008 19:02:00 +00002008-02-24T19:07:26.855Zreasonstanislav petrovsanitykerblamwarnuclearThere's few people who can attest to doing nothing to save everything, but Stanislav Petrov did just that - and kept schtum about it for decades.What am I on about? Give this a read, and then thank your lucky stars that there are still some sane people in this world, keeping their heads (when all around them are losing theirs)...Hope you're having a peaceful day, see you soon.http://kerblam.co.uk/2008/02/saving-world-by-doing-nothing.phpnoreply@blogger.com (Christopher)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2937298.post-7975503556496415434Fri, 22 Feb 2008 12:09:00 +00002008-02-22T12:10:21.972ZraidusefulkerblamflacutilitylinksfavouriteMy links for the week:flac-113 "...was written to allow users to convert their FLAC archivefrom previous versions of FLAC to the latest version. The script waswritten when 1.1.3 was released, thus the name, but can be used for anyversion of FLAC."Full instructions and links to download (with other utilities) too - start your surfing from http://www.synthetic-soul.co.uk/files/flac-113.txt.They'rehttp://kerblam.co.uk/2008/02/my-favourite-links-this-week-22022008.phpnoreply@blogger.com (Christopher)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2937298.post-6868271207590581223Wed, 06 Feb 2008 22:49:00 +00002008-02-06T22:53:08.517ZwordkerblamtranslationlekkerLekker lekker lekker, lekker lekker lekker lekker lekker... So goes a Noisia breaks tune from a little while ago.I'd been wondering what lekker means for ages, because I was sure it wasn't a Dutch word... Turns out it might be a South African word (it'd make sense anyway): lekker (lekk-irr with a rolling r) - Nice, good, great, cool or tasty.Definition from SouthAfrica.infoThat is all. :)http://kerblam.co.uk/2008/02/lekker.phpnoreply@blogger.com (Christopher)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2937298.post-5129970865574927317Sun, 03 Feb 2008 21:28:00 +00002008-02-04T01:00:43.127Zreprazentbassdnbdrumkerblamdrum and bassmusicroni sizeandnew formsSometimes I'm a little sceptical of artists when they "re-edit" a classic album and rerelease it, but I have faith in the Size. He doesn't mess with a classic formula, especially one which is good enough to win a Mercury Music Prize (before it became shit).I got this email from the V Cycle shop the other day. D&B fans rejoice!Roni Size/Reprazent’s New Forms was a benchmark for not just the drum 'http://kerblam.co.uk/2008/02/woo-roni-size-is-re-editing-new-forms.phpnoreply@blogger.com (Christopher)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2937298.post-7319729944797960839Wed, 23 Jan 2008 17:43:00 +00002008-01-23T17:52:39.636ZautomatticwordpresssocialkerblamfundingbloggingWordPress just announced they're getting $29.5 million for their B round of funding.And they said the bubble had burst. Nice! There's still hope for my search for $65m in VC funding for my interactive wacky wailing inflatable arm-flailing tubemen social networking site.I know that $30m only equates to about £4.69 in pounds sterling, but it's still an incredible amount for what's nothing more thanhttp://kerblam.co.uk/2008/01/another-blogging-platform-gets.phpnoreply@blogger.com (Christopher)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2937298.post-3418656648683673003Mon, 21 Jan 2008 13:42:00 +00002008-01-21T13:51:11.318Zcoolphotographylandingvoyageusfaudiopanoramamoonnasan64gamessoundkerblamlunarmusicnintendoSome inspirational and mind-boggling photography: here's a panoramic collage taken by Charles M. Duke (Lunar module pilot on the Apollo 16 moon voyage):There's tons more imagery and multimedia on NASA's Apollo 16 multimedia pages. I've been meaning to make a note of this page for at least a month now!And while you're perusing these images, you can go download and listen to some of the music from http://kerblam.co.uk/2008/01/come-fly-with-me.phpnoreply@blogger.com (Christopher)