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Monthly Archives: February 2010

MS Browser Ballot fails

24/02/2010 – 15:06

Just got the first XP machine with the Browser Ballot update on it.
I clicked “next” and IE8 came up with a window asking me to choose my settings. I closed it and selected Firefox from the available options. Internet Explorer opened and downloaded Firefox. I installed it and the browser ballot window was still there. [...]

By mojo | Posted in Internet, idiots, software | Comments (0)

Playstation controller protocol quirks

22/02/2010 – 01:29

Today I discovered why I have been having a few compatibility problems with my Playstation interface code.
The PSX uses a SPI bus. The device is supposed to put data on the bus when there is a high to low transition, then read the command on the low to high change. Sure enough the official controller [...]

By mojo | Posted in avr, electronics, microcontrollers | Comments (7)

Google Tasks

13/02/2010 – 23:49

I have been using Google Tasks to make to-do lists and am finding it really useful.
The interface is quite basic. You can add tasks and indent them to give it a bit of basic structure. It gives you multiple lists which at first seemed a bit cumbersome; I’d like to see an overview of all [...]

By mojo | Posted in Internet | Comments (0)

Vistaprint update

13/02/2010 – 23:40

Vistaprint got back to me. They refunded the job and have offered to do another batch for free!
I am pretty impressed by this. The order was for about £10 and I’m sure most places would just write it off (hi Weycrest). They  have requested samples from the bad batches and samples of how the colour [...]

By mojo | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments (0)

Second response from the BBC re BNP hijack

10/02/2010 – 22:44

The BBC finally got back to me with a response about the BNP hijacking the Have Your Say forums:

Thanks for your further e-mail.

Please accept our apologies for the delay in replying.

We’ve raised your concerns with those responsible for managing the Have
Your Say board.

They recognise the board is open to abuse and there are other [...]

By mojo | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments (0)

Vistaprint can’t print red

09/02/2010 – 18:46

I decided to get some business cards made. I produced the design in Inkscape according to Vistaprint’s specification:

A nice shade of red I thought. Unfortunately, Vistaprint can’t print red:

I included a few red and different colour items in the photo for comparison. I was a bit surprised at this as I had followed all the [...]

By mojo | Posted in idiots | Comments (0)

Update to Thunderbird userContent.css

05/02/2010 – 19:03

My custom userContent.css has been updated. I found a fix for the few remaining stupid HTML mails that failed to display correctly due to using “font: inherit” which picks up the <body>’s text colour (off-white) which is unreadable against the white background. I’m still not entirely sure why the <body>’s font colour is being inherited [...]

By mojo | Posted in Internet, software | Comments (0)
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