Today I took part on the CTC Saturday cycle for the first time. Total distance including getting to and from the start and finish was 51 miles. As I raced to the meeting point of the Commonwealth Pool, I found the first part of the ride slow. Later on, especially with the head wind I… Continue reading Cycling:Saturday CTC cycle 2008-01-19
Cycling: Edinburgh 20 miler
Yesterday I took part in the first Edinburgh 20 miler ride of 2008. It was an easy, slow paced, group ride of 12 people around the west of Edinburgh. In total for the day, including to and from the start/finish I cycled about 26 miles. I found parts of the route interesting because I hadn’t… Continue reading Cycling: Edinburgh 20 miler
Cycle Parking this way
Cycle Parking this way Originally uploaded by smsm1 I noticed this sign at the Gyle Centre recently after they had move the cycle parking to another location. I wish there was more of these signs at supermarkets, as the bike parking is often hidden away so that you cannot find it. The same should apply… Continue reading Cycle Parking this way
Cycling: New chain and chain rings
I’ve finally got around to replacing my worn chain and chain rings/cogs on my bicycle. I have gone for 2 extra teeth on the front and one less on the back. This means I’ll be getting a few extra turns of the wheel for each turn of the pedals. Before putting the new chain on,… Continue reading Cycling: New chain and chain rings
Happy New Year
This year I headed into the centre of Edinburgh with some friends from university for a house party. Also went out to see the fireworks from a pedestrian bridge over the West Approach Road. This was a great spot as you can see the castle from the west. There is a video below of the… Continue reading Happy New Year
iLife Browser in Leopard’s open dialogs
In Leopard, if the developer allows certain types of file to be opened, then you get a free iLife browser in the file open dialog. This applies to OpenOffice.org aqua on Leopard too. As the X11 version of OpenOffice.org doesn’t have a native filepicker, this won’t be available there. Find a screenshot below. Those… Continue reading iLife Browser in Leopard’s open dialogs
BBC’s iPlayer now compatible with Mac OS X
After reading a macnn article. I have now found out that the BBC’s Player is now supported on Mac OS X. It is great that I can now watch BBC content from within Safari. The player only has a short buffer, though you can jump to any part of the video and it will start… Continue reading BBC’s iPlayer now compatible with Mac OS X
Edinburgh Leopard Tech Talk
Today I went along to the Leopard Tech Talk in Edinburgh at the posh Caledonian Hilton Hotel. It was a very interesting event, and might just convince me to start programming in Cocoa and Objective-C 2.0. Objective-C 2.0 is far more like Java when it comes to memory management. This is where I tend to struggle… Continue reading Edinburgh Leopard Tech Talk
Mac OS X OpenOffice.org file naming scheme
Bruce has mentioned that he didn’t understand the files on the good-day server in a comment to a prior blog post. I’ll try to make this as simple as possible for end users to understand using the following example: OOo_SRC680_m237_MacOSXIntel_AQUA_install_en-US.dmg This can be broken down into several smaller chunks _ is used as a separator:… Continue reading Mac OS X OpenOffice.org file naming scheme
Cycling: Edinburgh Critical Mass – St Andrews Day
On Friday I headed in to the centre of Edinburgh for November’s Critical Mass. Even before I set off from work in the west of the city, it was pitch black. So I had my lights and reflective jacket on. About 17:45 a whole load of fireworks started from Edinburgh Castle to mark St Andrews… Continue reading Cycling: Edinburgh Critical Mass – St Andrews Day