http://www.frostnova.net Si's blog Sat, 16 Aug 2008 07:12:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Pendulum are an Aussie drum & bass group from Perth best characterised by their catchy detuned saw leads and often grouchy synth basslines. Those who have heard either of their albums will know this is only one aspect of their style. Lately, I've been listening to and really enjoying Pendulum's second ... http://www.frostnova.net/archives/pendulum.html I've just installed a few WordPress plugins to customise the admin interface. You won't see the changes as a reader so I'm gonna blab on about them. Lighter Menus has given me back some of that wasted space that appeared in version 2.6. Compare these two screenshots before and after installing ... http://www.frostnova.net/archives/reclaiming-that-wasted-space.html I noticed an unfamiliar icon in my Dashboard weather widget just now. Hovering over the icon produced no tooltip, so I went to the AccuWeather website to investigate. This is what I found. Thanks for that prediction. Thunderstorms? *pokes head outside* Nope, no sign of them. *checks radar* Nope, not likely ... http://www.frostnova.net/archives/in-accuweather.html A recent article in The Age worries me. The Australian entertainment industry wants internet service providers to act as file-sharing police and caution people who download illegal copies of films, TV shows and music via peer-to-peer networks. If this went mainstream I would seriously consider moving countries. It's not like I download ... http://www.frostnova.net/archives/file-sharing-police.html I started watching Breakfast At Tiffany's the other night for no reason than upon flicking over I was astonished at the extraordinary visual quality. This is an old film. We're talking 1961 here. That's three years before Mary Poppins and four years before The Sound of Music; those two films ... http://www.frostnova.net/archives/an-old-film-i-actually-liked.html I bought some Laksa paste with the plan of making Laksa according to this recipe. But it needs all kinds of fancy ingredients like Tofu and green prawns which I can't really get up here. So I never got around to making it but the Laksa paste was sitting in ... http://www.frostnova.net/archives/laksa-paste-curry.html Behold, the insightful musings of Bajo, in his latest blog post. If anything, E3 made me realise how very very small Australia is compared to the rest of the world.  I guess this is why we have to pay a bit more than the  US .. and suffer some awful pings… ... http://www.frostnova.net/archives/bajo-says.html The new Wordpress dashboard has alerted me to an intriguing collection of bizarre incoming links that the blog seems to have. Warning! Do NOT click on this link. It is NSFW and definitely NSFK. I warned you. http://www.frostnova.net/archives/oh-yay-a-bot.html