Monthly Archives: January 2005

iPod Shuffle

I also received my 1gb iPod shuffle today (looking at watch: yesterday, actually). It’s tiny (about the volume of my older 256mb USB flash drive, but a bit longer and flatter), works well with iTunes (although reencoding the high-bitrate songs … Continue reading

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Dell 2005FPW

I got my Dell 2005FPW today, a 20″ widescreen flat panel display. This is not a huge step up from my old 18″ Compaq TFT8030 display in height, but it is much wider (having a resolution of 1680×1050). It has … Continue reading

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Flippy’s BitTorrent Tracker

Secondly, I’ve installed a version of “Flippy’s BitTorrent Tracker”, which in its entirety consists of 3 tiny php pages. I’ve looked through the code and it’s all very straightforward, as it only relies on writing a few data files to … Continue reading

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Comment Spam Fighto!!

In spite of being rather sick with a hefty cold, I’ve done a bit of tinkering around with the site. I’ve installed a WordPress plugin to combat comment-spam, namely Spam Karma. This seems to be doing a reasonably good job … Continue reading

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