http://lambie.org The life of a software developer that likes Brazilian jiu jitsu, Lego, comics, helicopters and video games. Mon, 02 Jan 2012 12:08:22 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I'm not going to make it. Happy New Year, bitches! http://lambie.org/2012/01/02/a-recommitment-to-blogging/ If you're working with subscribed calendars in iCal, and find that you can't see a subscription in the pop-up selector (I'm on iCal 4, on OS X Lion - yours might be different) then it might be because there are no items in that calendar. I'm doing some development, where a ... http://lambie.org/2011/11/23/missing-subscriptions-in-ical/ I was thinking earlier that it would be great if XBOX Live save games and gamertags were available "in the cloud." With more and more gamers having multiple XBOX consoles, and the need for data portability across these consoles is high. It seems that the smart folks at Microsoft are already ... http://lambie.org/2011/10/20/xbox-live-and-cloud-storage/ August 2011 is going to be a significant month for me, and us*. You'll see. http://lambie.org/2011/07/31/when-i-wake-up-everything-will-be-different/ Like so many people I know, I buy a lot of books. The Book Depository, Amazon and The Pragmatic Programmers all get a slice of my (or The Frontier Group's) credit card on a regular basis. iBooks and Amazon's Kindle store make ebooks an attractive and convenient option when compared to the ... http://lambie.org/2011/06/18/learning-vs-knowing/ Back in 2006, John Will was in Perth teaching a jiu-jitsu seminar at The Academy. Whilst I enjoy John's BJJ teaching (he's Australia's most prolific BJJ instructor), I find his relaxed and informal conversations to be the real highlight of his visits. He tells incredibly interesting stories, and over the ... http://lambie.org/2011/05/30/bookending-my-jiu-jitsu-adding-the-concept-of-5/ This post has been in draft format since October 2010. WIth the recent Rapture discussion, I thought it might be worthwhile dusting it off and finishing it. On the weekend I was asked about my religious views, with respect to how I identified myself through Facebook. Whilst I think the intention ... http://lambie.org/2011/05/22/identify-your-beliefs-in-one-short-phrase-please/ I wanted to remove myself from a mailing list today, but there was no unsubscribe link in the email footer. The list was legitimate, and I don't suspect that the operators were intentionally trying to lock me in, but it didn't help my situation. The content just is not as ... http://lambie.org/2011/03/18/removing-yourself-from-a-mailing-list/ Occasionally I have large AVI files (normally around 1.5GB) that the Xbox won't play. In those cases I need to split the file. Here's how: http://lambie.org/2010/12/14/splitting-large-avi-files-on-ubuntu/ We have a few NSA-3110 embedded devices at work that we're using as a platform for an appliance that we might be building. I needed to connect to it via a serial cable using: screen /dev/ttyS0 9600 I love the simplicity and reliability of 41-year-old technology. http://lambie.org/2010/10/01/serial-cable-connection-to-an-nsa-3110/