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The fine art of procrastination

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From the astoundingly elaborate procrastination, I’d say that “tendering” is not the most fascinating subject Carolyn has had to revise. #

Problems mounting a Debian drive over AFP

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It took me ages to find the answer to this, so I figured I’d post the answer for posterity; hopefully between us, Google and I can help the next person avoid that hassle.

I’ve created a Debian virtual server in Parallels for some development work. To ease the pain of mounting drives, I’ve configured AFP (Apple File Protocol) on the server. (As a sidenote: there’s some issues with Debian’s AFP package, netatalk, and OS X Leopard which mean you have to recompile netatalk, for which you can find instructions here. You probably also want to have your server auto-discovered and appearing in the “Shared” areas of the finder, for which you can find instructions there. Some Debian chutzpah will be required to follow both these sets of instructions.)

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Just swapped glasses with Sue …

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Just swapped glasses with Sue Pollard. Slightly scared. #

In an art party at Cornerhouse…

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In an art party at Cornerhouse. Sue Pollard is here in an impossibly sparkly red sequined catsuit. Actually. With sparkles. Stunned. #

It seems like people are sudde…

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It seems like people are suddenly talking about "micro conversions" in analytics: http://tinyurl.com/5a6cjc, http://tinyurl.com/6394hp #

At one end of a conference cal…

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At one end of a conference call, listening to technology fail at the other end. One. Piece. At. A. Time. Feeling helpless. #

Woohoo! Second time lucky. AFP…

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Woohoo! Second time lucky. AFP working on my Debian virtual machine, welcome to file sharing nirvana. #

Count me in for any support if…

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Count me in for any support if you need it, @andrewdisley, of course Wordcamp UK should be in Manchester! #

There’s been little love (that…

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There’s been little love (that I’ve seen) for the new UK coinage. It’s really nice, I like it a lot. Take a look: http://tinyurl.com/2ryzkr. #

Interspersing your post listing with date headers in WordPress

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Update: OK, so at least one person wanted it as a plugin, so feel free to download Intermittent Date Headers.

Here’s a code snippet that’s not really worth making into a plugin. It’s designed to put date headers into your main post listing page. As an example, you could end up with:

Heading: March, 2008
Post: dated 15th March
Post: dated 28th March
Post: dated 29th March
Heading: April, 2008
Post: dated 1st April
Post: dated 4th April

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