Archive for June, 2006

(ahem) Monthly Bookmarks

// June 29th, 2006 // No Comments » // Uncategorized

A simple introduction to working with LVM – An brief howto on the concepts of logical volumes and working with Logical Volume Manager to manipulate filesystems in linux.

Programming Ruby: The Pragmatic Programmer’s Guide – Also known as ‘the pickaxe’ this is the free online version of the ruby bible.

Why’s (Poignant) Guide to Ruby – A surreal tutorial introducing and explaining ruby particularly it’s syntax and some of the aspects which differentiate it from other languages.

Gruff Graphs for Ruby – A library to easily make very pretty graphs using ruby.

Colour Illusion Tutorial – A tutorial on how to make the mind see colour in a black and white image via illusions like this Spanish castle.

Crazy Intellectual Property Rights

// June 23rd, 2006 // 1 Comment » // General

From the bottom of some junk mail from the Royal Mail “Royal Mail, the cruciform and the color red are registered trade marks of Ryal Mail Group plc.”

They’ve trade marked the colour red? The mind boggles. I’m sure that can’t stand up in court.

Apple Marketing

// June 19th, 2006 // No Comments » // Uncategorized

Say what you like about Apple and their expensive hardware, but it’s hard to argue with the quality of their advertising. Their latest campaign depicts PC users as “suits” and mac users as what I assume is supposed to be “free thinking, hip, young creative types” looks pretty. It also gives a list of reasons why you should switch and tries to dispel the anti-mac myths. You can see more detail here: http://www.apple.com/getamac/