Richard's Definitions, Vol. 1: d'oh

d'oh

The feeling you get when you realise that the compilation CD you posted mere hours earlier was not, in fact, a CD-R, but a CD-RW.

The extraodinary nuances caused by the conjunction of both a wasted disc and an unplayable gift are particularly profound.

Bugger.

Posted at 2004-02-10 14:44:11 by Richard • Link to Richard's Definiti…
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Bloody NetNewsWire

I spend each day in the office, and each evening at home. In each place I have a different IP address.

Every morning when I get into the office, and every evening when I get home, I get old feed items marked as new. Why, God, why?

At least, that's the only reason I can think of for the duplicates I get. When I'm subscribed to 78 feeds, some of which are aggregators, that's a lot of duplicates.

*sigh*

Still, I did just have a very nice lunch: banana cake and a pint of ale. Lovely. Preparing for meetings of import is relaxing.

Posted at 2004-02-10 06:13:40 by Richard • Link to Bloody NetNewsWire
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em and en dashes revisited

Copying out a quotation in DEVONthink just now, I wanted to insert an em dash. Hmm, I thought, how would this work on a Mac?.

Sensibly enough, Option-- does an en dash (–); Shift-Option-- inserts an em dash (—). Wonderful!

I'd enjoy commuting much more if (a) I didn't keep getting stuck behind learner truck drivers on a 2-mile stretch of road where I cannot overtake, and (b) if there were more parking spaces, with fewer closed off (e.g. this morning, 30 spaces in the car park I use were reserved for UCAS, so the campus was full by 9:15). It really puts a downer on my day that I have to be in first thing each morning to find somewhere to park — I can't ever come in at 10:30, because there just isn't anywhere to leave the car.

*sigh*

Posted at 2004-02-10 02:12:49 by Richard • Link to em and en dashes r…
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