libre.fm

(January 18, 2016)

After the last last.fm redesign, it’s been speculated that last.fm probably isn’t going to survive much longer.  It’s sad, but it’s difficult to see what the business idea with last.fm is these day.  And the way they’re chopping the useful features is weird. For instance, I’ve been using the events page for years to time … Continue reading libre.fm

Even More Ears 2016

(January 17, 2016)

All Ears 2016

(January 16, 2016)

 

last.fm scrobbling problems

(January 15, 2016)

The past few months, I’ve noticed that only a fraction of the music I’ve been playing has been scrobbling on last.fm.  But I just put this down to general last.fm flakiness — I think everybody pretty much assumes that they’re closing any time soon after the last disasterous redesign (where all the useful functionality disappeared … Continue reading last.fm scrobbling problems

TSP1986: Zastrozzi: A Romance

(January 10, 2016)

I’m apparently part of the Tilda Swinton Underground now, where we swap rare, unavailable Tilda Swinton TV series and shorts. Or something. In any case, I got a copy of this 1986 British TV series from a kind reader. It’s rather good. Bits of it are brilliant. And some bits, er, aren’t. Have a peek … Continue reading TSP1986: Zastrozzi: A Romance

The Continued Effect of Version Control Systems on Emacs Developers

(January 10, 2016)

I did some stats on the effect of the number of contributors after Emacs switched to git last May.  I think I summed it up as “meh”, but that was only after a handful of months, after all. It’s now been more than a year, so I redid the experiment: (The red line is the … Continue reading The Continued Effect of Version Control Systems on Emacs Developers

Storage Cubed

(January 9, 2016)

I wanted more storage for comics, but I just couldn’t find anything that really fit the only vacant wall space I had in the office.  So I bought 21 of these small Ikea bookshelf box things.  In November. And today I finally completed the project by making one of the boxes into a computer…  cabinet… … Continue reading Storage Cubed

Glitchmash ’16

(January 9, 2016)

My video player wasn’t able to play this tv show. And my record player wasn’t able to play this flexi by Crosby (included in the Post York comic book). Enjoy these digital/analogue failures together.  

NBM: What’s Up With Them?

(January 4, 2016)

My interest in reading comics really took off last year after many years of taking a back seat to, well, everything else. So I’ve been trolling the web for things I’ve missed. And then I happened upon the NBM web site. NBM has been around since the 70s, and I’ve bought oodles of stuff from … Continue reading NBM: What’s Up With Them?

It’s About Ethics in Gnus Development

(January 1, 2016)

I mean maintainability. Yeah. This is long and meandering, so here’s the summary: Gnus (and a couple of other Emacs packages) are dropping XEmacs support. Meanwhile, here’s a GIF of a cat: When I took over Gnus, the Emacs newsreader, in the mid-90s, it seemed natural to do the development outside of Emacs. Emacs was … Continue reading It’s About Ethics in Gnus Development