Camera Obscura - Underachievers Please Try Harder

Posted in SHOFT on 29th October 2003

I knew I was asking for trouble re-subscribing to the Sinister List after all these years. I knew people would start recommending things which I'd have to go out and buy. But I did, and they did, and this is a fantastic record. I have their previous record which was...

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Closing Date and Motorways

Posted in Updates on 24th October 2003

Chaotic day. Starts with a meeting with our IT suppliers, which is encouragingly positive regarding our needs for the forthcoming pile of work. Today was the closing date for school applications for next September, which led to a pretty hectic day all-in-all. Arrived home just in time to see a...

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New GTK+ File Selector

Posted in Computers on 23rd October 2003

The new GtkFileChooser landed in CVS. Tried it out. So far it seems pretty solid, and a huge improvement. No doubt it won't be quite what some people want, but it appears to be scalable, extensible and flexible - three major improvements on the old model! ...

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