My 30th birthday is coming up, and in response to many reader queries, the Institute have updated their Buy Presents For Darryn website. So go there.
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Firefox Hijacked!
I got in to work today, fresh from the break. I loaded up Firefox, and what did I discover? My Home Page is now set to http://www.ebzjzcrzpufbzndvn.com/dVwgeK9P_v/cmZItwj0cuTsf6SLPF67PhoiOxPeND8M.htm. I have not installed anything except extensions from mozilla.org. They lied to me! They said it was impossible!
It is done
SATURDAY MALAYSIA AIRLINE FLIGHT MH 122 CONFIRMED19 MAR 05 – DEPART – SYDNEY/SYDNEY KINGSFORD 1545 NON-STOP Terminal: TERMINAL 119 MAR 05 – ARRIVE – KUALA LUMPUR/SUBANG KUA 2045 08HRS 00MINS – AIRCRAFT – BOEING 747-400 – CLASS – ECONOMY THURSDAY MALAYSIA AIRLINE FLIGHT MH 16 CONFIRMED31 MAR 05 – DEPART – KUALA LUMPUR/SUBANG KUA 2355… Continue reading It is done
Tools are always justified costs
Video production has always been an interest of mine. When I was a teenager my father brought home a VHS editing suite which had been used at his work. It was a proper one, and it was kept in the room next to mine. Before long, I was an expert at using all of the… Continue reading Tools are always justified costs
Sinterklaasje, kom maar binnen
The Dutch have a different set of December celebrations to us Aussies. They seperate the religious celebration of Christmas from the ‘Santa Claus’ celebration. Of course, they don’t have Santa Claus. They have Sinterklaas, on whom Santa Claus was based. Every December, Sinterklaas comes to the Netherlands from Spain, by steamboat. He mounts his trusty… Continue reading Sinterklaasje, kom maar binnen
Google pwnage
From time to time I check out my logs and am often surprised to see the things for which Google perceives me as an authority. Some of the latest: How to make a nuclear reactor (google) #1 The Blue Power Core is critical (google) #1 BitchKrieg (google) #1 Flaming Logo Writing (google) #1 dottext skin… Continue reading Google pwnage
GDI+ is pissing me off
I thought GDI+ was supposed to be good. I am sure that it is better than whatever came before, but as far as I can tell its JPEG encoding is poor. Consider the following code, which creates a BMP format file from a System.Drawing.Image: System.Drawing.Image myImage = thumbnail( afileName ); //makes the image ImageCodecInfo myImageCodecInfo;… Continue reading GDI+ is pissing me off
How I got started
The first computer I ever used was a Vector Graphics Vector 3 which ran CP/M. My Dad brought it home when I was six years old and I became immediately enamoured of this device for two reasons: it had a space game; and to load the game you had to enter “boot floppy” at the… Continue reading How I got started