http://personal.battleangel.org Tell us what you despise; by this are you truly known. Wed, 07 May 2008 07:55:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I have been in contact with the development team at Microsoft and I am confident now that the most obvious pitfalls in the application will be made null and void shortly. Most notably, the escaping / encoding for non-ASCII characters in XHTML mode will be changed so that it only ... http://personal.battleangel.org/2008/05/07/windows-live-writer-improvements/ Time flies, eh? I wish I could report on progress of some sort but alas there has been very little. I'm pretty much where I was a year ago. A little wiser and a little more bitter, sure. But that is the way of the world, is it not? http://personal.battleangel.org/2008/05/07/that-time-of-year-3/ Cdpuvbhfzz! What do you know, Coppermine was the subject of a mass hacker attack. Again. It is described in more detail here. I suppose I could be faulted for not upgrading, but honestly, I was only like a week behind on upgrades and Coppermine isn't the sort of script where ... http://personal.battleangel.org/2008/04/19/coppermine-sql-injection/ The 5+1 master/slave netpower block is simply an outlet that automatically cuts off the power supply to the slave outlets when the supply current to the master outlet is severely diminished. Ideal for use with a computer to turn off devices like powered speakers that lack a proper power switch ... http://personal.battleangel.org/2008/04/15/killing-the-energy-thieves/ Haven't been doing much reading this last year, but perhaps that can change. Here are a few items for the season. ... http://personal.battleangel.org/2008/04/15/on-the-reading-list/ It would seem I couldn't stay away for more than 10 months or so. I still don't think these journals are entirely worth the investment in terms of time, but in the end I felt like I was missing out on something. Originally I thought that I could just ... http://personal.battleangel.org/2008/04/12/yes-its-true/ There are two main reasons for this upgrade. Firstly, I was unable to play 720p and 1080p video. And secondly, the new faster broadband connection put such a strain on the system when running bittorrent / utorrent that you could barely use the computer for anything else.    ... http://personal.battleangel.org/2008/02/16/computer-upgrades-htpc/ I needed to complete my essential Miyazaki collection and since I couldn't find what I wanted on P2P (except for Totoro) I had to make one last order. I also decided to get the director's cut of Fearless. Ironically, Howl's Moving castle was suddenly ... http://personal.battleangel.org/2008/01/16/last-ever-dvd-order/ Got a new flashlight from Fenix after much deliberation. The L2D. A Cree 7090 XR-E LED flashlight with orange peel reflector and a maximum output of 180 lumens. The difference compared to other flashlights that I've owned is simply astonishing. The bright, white beam almost seems to light up ... http://personal.battleangel.org/2008/01/11/fenix-l2d-ce-q5/ I actually forewent any real winter apparel upgrades this year. The weather for these last two winters has been perplexing and so I wait for the spring collection which I think will be more useful overall. http://personal.battleangel.org/2007/12/28/itab-winter-2007/