http://www.newspeak.org.uk Mon, 21 Sep 2009 11:23:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In January 2008 I contacted Tele Atlas to tell them that their data on where Carnedd Llewelyn and Carnedd Dafydd are was wrong. They emailed me back and said. "To insure [sic] that the quality of our data meets the highest standards, the change you have suggested may take several months ... http://www.newspeak.org.uk/2009/09/21/tele-atlas-carneddau/ A book about Hitler by Ian Kershaw is being advertised on Guardian Books with an image of Barack Obama's autobiography "The Audacity of Hope". http://www.newspeak.org.uk/2009/05/25/guardians-idea-of-a-joke/ In the last few days the British Nationalist Party (BNP) have started to deliver their campaign leaflets. There are at least two varieties but they are both quite similar and their main campaigning point is against immigration. You can see leaflets delivered by the BNP around the UK thanks to ... http://www.newspeak.org.uk/2009/05/13/british-national-party-voters-dont-exist/ The Time - Village mob thwarts Google Street View car Images of Broughton can be found on Panoramio and loc.alize.us. http://www.newspeak.org.uk/2009/04/03/images-you-wont-find-on-street-view/ Unless you want everyone to groan and hate receiving email from you follow these simple steps to avoid looking like a pompous ass. 1. Click 'Settings'. 2. Click 'Mail, Contacts, Calendars'. 3. Scroll down to 'Signature' and click it. 4.  Delete 'Sent from my iPhone'. There, now you just need to get some some better ... http://www.newspeak.org.uk/2009/03/19/how-to-not-appear-pretentious-when-sending-email-from-your-iphone/ This summer I'm going to the Alps, in Switzerland. No, I have no intention of doing any skiing. I want to climb mountains. I want to play in the snow. Some photos from people who have been where we're going before me. I also want to do Via Ferrata,(Italian for "Iron ... http://www.newspeak.org.uk/2009/01/22/holiday-to-the-alps/ I have. I don't know, but I suspect it's like this import random def main(argv):     if len(argv) < 2:         sys.exit(1)     f = file(argv[0]).read().splitlines()     name = [random.choice(f).lower()]     letter = name[0][0]     for fn in argv[1:]:         words = file(fn).read().splitlines()         words = [w.lower() for w in words if w.lower().startswith(letter)]         if len(words) == 0:             return False         name.append(random.choice(words))     ... http://www.newspeak.org.uk/2008/08/06/ever-wondered-how-they-come-up-with-ubuntu-code-names/ For a long time now I have known how to indent using Vim's '>' command to indent a block of text. I have learnt a few new tricks that might speed me up a bit. In my .vimrc I have "set shiftwidth=4" this means that when I indent by ... http://www.newspeak.org.uk/2008/08/06/week-3-vim-tricks-indenting-code/ You may have used an IDE before that allows you to automatically complete parts of your code. In Microsoft's Visual Studio this is called "intellisense". It's very handy for speeding up development and for exploring objects that you can't quite remember the attributes of. This week I found out how ... http://www.newspeak.org.uk/2008/07/29/week-2-vim-tricks-automatic-code-completion/ I've been using vim as my main text editor for over 5 years now and because I'm now dependent on it and using it every day at work I've decided to challenge myself to learn a new trick every week. Last week's trick was sorting lines. Sorting Lines I actually learnt two ... http://www.newspeak.org.uk/2008/07/21/new-vim-tricks/