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How to make goosh.org the default search engine in the Chrome Omnibox
Probably not the most difficult task, but I’m bored and feel like helping the world become a better place. Today goosh.org came up in the Ycombinator news feed and instantly appealed to me as it’s obviously made by a sensai [...]
Four days in Krakow, Poland
I’m coming up on four months since I ruptured my Achilles tendon the first time, and almost a month since I tore it again, so I decided it was time to dust off the crutches and get out of London.
The Mentawais: 2 pieces of good news, and 2 bad
Even though my trip to the Mentawais is still 8 months away, I can’t help frothing about it on a daily basis! 12 days on a boat, 9 of my best mates, and nothing but surfing, fishing, drinking and farting… [...]
Happy Father’s Day!
It doesn’t seem to matter how far away I am, you’re always looking out for me! I hope you have a great day, and like father like son, that would be a relaxing day… Lotsa love from your Son in [...]
Sportgastein, Austria
Amazing photo of the Austrian Alps! Taken on my 2010 trip and thought I might as well share it since I’m struggling to think of posts for this blog… Right behind me is some crazy off-piste action…
Amazing GoPro HD screengrab
Came across this fantastic screengrab from one of those GoPro HD cameras, surprisingly cheap considering the quality of video they produce. This particular image is from Magic Seaweed. Here’s a few other bits of GoPro footage I’ve seen around the [...]
Barney’s back, and so is the BMC
If you’ve been following Barney on Twitter, you’ll know all about his amazing progress at Project Walk in Carlsbad, CA. Well he’s back in Australia and the 2010 Barney Miller Classic is not far away… Keep an eye on the [...]
How I set open_basedir for a domain on a Plesk server (9.2.2)
If you’ve gotten here than I’m going to assume you understand the security risks of what we’re doing here. It took me a few goes as I’m still bumbling my way through Plesk, so I thought I’d share my successful [...]
Taskbar Shuffle – booty from the nerd cave
Today I decided I wanted to be able to close items in my Windows XP taskbar by middle-clicking them. Little more than 7 seconds later I found myself entering the nerd cave where I found Taskbar Shuffle. Not only did [...]
Gob’s program
Arrested Development is still one of my all-time favourite TV shows and I still occasionally shed a tear that it was cancelled by those merciless Fox bastards. Thankfully there are plenty of other people who feel the same and can [...]

Web Developer and aficionado of all sports involving boards and bats. Currently taking advantage of the travel options afforded me by my genetics by living in London and leaving as often as possible.
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