Author Archives: OtherMachines

How long are you prepared to spend trying to find a quick way of doing something?

In my case, well over an hour. I had about 20 or so .htm files I needed renaming as .php and I couldn’t be bothered to change them all by hand. I have a computer, right? I know a bit … Continue reading

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The Flip-side of Giles Booth

In a, frankly rare, moment of solipsism, I googled myself and discovered that there was a settler in a place called Southold in colonial New York called Giles Booth. (There was also an Obadiah Booth and a Mehitophel Booth too … Continue reading

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Catching the Lincolnshire Poacher

As a youth I think it’s fair to say I didn’t get out much. I used to spend Sunday mornings listening to short wave radio, mainly for short-wave pirates and English-language programmes from stations like Radio Netherlands. But occasionally I’d … Continue reading

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The Smiths in MIDI

I gave up trying to get my Motorola C350 to work with iSync in Tiger – I thought I could do a different version of the same hack I’d done in Panther, but it just wouldn’t work. This was quite … Continue reading

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Sneaky QuickTime 7 full screen workaround

Boris and I were chatting in the park about Shynola’s wonderful video for Move Your Feet, and naturally when I got home I wanted to download it. But lo! QuickTime 7.0.1 says you need to upgrade to QT Pro for … Continue reading

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