Baiting for engagement 22 Jul 2023 11:35 AM (last year)
the use of social media to bait for engagement. I suppose it is ages old really, "tune in next week for another exciting episode" and all that. This trend seems more akin to 'content baiting' than to 'click baiting'; here I chase down a reference for a quote from Bernard de Gordon
Compiling digikam 1 Jan 2022 1:24 PM (3 years ago)
Installing digikam from source. It seems harder than it should be. Perhaps my old skills need polishing. This is a stub post just to put the info I have so far out there and to provide documentation for myself for what I’ve done so far. Dependency hell heck Briefly, have some deps installed sudo apt […]
Compiling Jasper image processing library 1 Jan 2022 12:32 PM (3 years ago)
To install digikam, first install the deps To make a pie, first invent the universe. To install digikam, well probably best to give in and go with a pre-compiled binary; but failing that then this might help (and if you want Jasper for other reasons). I had an idea about creating a digikam package for […]
Should AIs own ‘their’ intellectual property? 23 Nov 2020 2:35 PM (4 years ago)
Should the AI, DABUS, hold a patent, can a monkey own a selfie, should #aisongcontest songs be protected by copyright, how about DreamWrite's AI written articles?
Hacking the WiiU 11 Apr 2020 11:42 AM (4 years ago)
WiiU Hacking in 2020 A journey begins Well, we’re on the cusp of buying in to Switch (pretty late now in 2020), and WiiU is getting pretty old, so now every time I insert a disc I’m thinking “perhaps this will be the last time this works”. So, I’m looking to be able to backup […]
Software I use 4 Jul 2019 2:25 PM (5 years ago)
I found a list of software applications I recommended in 2007 and thought it would be fun to look at the list and see what I'd recommend now, in 2019, instead. Of course we call them apps now ...
Fact checking: Brexit Party turn their backs on the EU 2 Jul 2019 2:33 PM (5 years ago)
An image circulated today shows the NSDAP, the Nazis, turning their backs in the Reichstag (the German interwar parliament) as a demonstration of contempt for other parties. News today shows the UK's Brexit Party members performing the same move in the EU parliament.
What’s happened to OpenClipart? 13 Jun 2019 3:17 PM (5 years ago)
The openclipart.org website has been offline for almost 2 months. Reports on Twitter indicate that it went down due to a DDoS from unknown sources. Users are getting concerned that there may be data loss, and are looking for other sources for copyright free clipart. WayBackMachine and others have some assets saved.
Firefox 57 font missing 17 Nov 2017 1:27 PM (7 years ago)
How can I find a broken/problem font on my Firefox newtab page and either replace or workaround that font? Well, follow along here and find out how I fixed the non-display of a font on Firefox 57.0 (Quantum) web browser.
Some perfume works as a bug repellant 30 Jun 2017 5:48 AM (7 years ago)
Perfume might work but DEET or Lemon repellants work better. Overall, the results from this study confirm that DEET repellents are the most effective mosquito repellents in the market. Although, based on the results from this study, a lemon-eucalyptus oil containing p-menthane-3,8-diol has similar efficacy compared with DEET repellents.But DEET and Lemon based products are […]
Using iscan for linux with a networked Epson 1 Jan 2016 3:00 PM (9 years ago)
iscan for linux can’t find my printer (originally published 2014-02-11, updated 2017-01-02) Epson’s iscan scanner app Fixing the config files It’s been a couple of years now that I’ve had iscan installed. Today I wanted to do some high-resolution scanning so I thought I’d try and get it to work as I imagine it might […]
duplicati update: Windows XP and Google Drive 23 Jul 2015 5:43 AM (9 years ago)
Update on my posts on duplicati: fixed version for Google Drive won’t install on WinXP but version 2.0.0.79 can be installed and works with OneDrive. Duplicati backup on Windows XP Google Docs fails in version 1 Duplicati is now updated to version 2.0-preview as linked from “latest” on their GitHub page. Meanwhile version 2.0.0.86 has […]