archive for December 2007

Publisher 2000 BorderArt causing instant reboots

I have discovered a most annoying bug with Microsoft Publisher 2000's BorderArt feature.

Posted 23rd December 2007 in Computer, with 0 comments

Random Topic Generator

It happens way too often. You're in an msn conversation with someone who's really cool, then the conversation runs dry. But you really don't want it to end. You could be completely random like me, and change the topic if the previous topic runs dry.

Posted 17th December 2007 in Computer, with 3 comments

Recovering Truncated or Corrupt Tar Archives

I was unfortunate enough to use resize2fs to resize an ext3 partition. The result, which at first appeared OK, was a corrupt filesystem.

Posted 13th December 2007 in Computer, with 0 comments

GNER’s AJAX Ticket Booking Website

I needed to buy some train tickets today, after getting the times from National Rail. Of course, National Rail don't sell tickets, instead referring you to the train companies themselves. Well, I know what you're thinking - that I could just buy tickets from my station. My station doesn't have a ticket machine, nor is it staffed. So I try a few train companies' sites. It seems they all subcontract our to The Train Line's buggy system. The Train Line is a horrid site to use. It relies heavily on sessions, needs you to register before it shows you prices and generally irks me all of the time.

Posted 2nd December 2007 in Life, with 3 comments