Belatedly found that you can now create Google Chrome apps on linux with just:

google-chrome --app=http://mail.google.com --enable-plugins

from there it's trivial to add to your favorite desktop poison, or create a script to launch Gmail, Google Calendar, Toodledo, and Evernote in one swoop.

Ever since switching back to linux I've really missed having a decent mindmapping application. A couple of weeks ago I bit the bullet and started writting my own... here are some teaser snapshots introducing Nexus. It will be released under GPL and written in python using Nokias QT toolkit. At the moment the file format is a bit unstable as I experiment, once it's more stable I'll release the first version.

Beware of upgrading to the latest Ubuntu/Kubuntu distribution (9.04 "Jaunty Jackalope") if you use a tablet or have an intel based graphics chip. The latest release includes some significant upgrades to the X server and if you're on the wrong system you're more likely to come out thinking it should have been called Jaundiced Jackalope. X.org is undergoing a transition to hot-pluggable HAL controlled input devices and away from the static configuration in xorg.conf. Read more »

In Pratchett's and Gamain's book good omens, the demon Crawley realises that you get a much bigger volume of corrupted Soul by tarnishing a whole lot of people than by utterly corrupting a single person like a priest. The M25 motorway is given as an example of such a mass-soul-tarnishing device through the frustration and anger it evokes.

Presenting Exhibit B: Sydney Central Train Station

It's got the usual overcrowded, exposed to the elements and general run down feel of Sydney public transport, but it's the small details that matter ...

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Attached is a set of LaTeX template files for Honours and PhD at Macquarie. This version has the new MQ logo co-branded with the faculty of science.

Just unpack and start writting...

leave any comments here or contact me directly.

That's one powerful laser.

It's finally oppened - the rail link between Epping and Chatswood stations, with a stop at Macquarie university, and for a period of time it's free. I no longer have to give visitors long convoluted instructions ending with "just get a taxi".

I must say I'm impressed with the construction, particularly the Macquarie station. It quite happily stacks up against stations I've seen in Japan and Europe. The trains are modern and comfortable e and it's easy to fire up the laptop and get a paragraph or slide done before you hit your exit.

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Finally did a painful switch over to drupal from wordpress. Most of it had to be done by hand in the end, but now I have the power of drupal at my disposal, bwah ha ha...

I want to develop some wiki content and needed a more flexible platform for it.