Today’s idea is for a fridge that is just big enough to hold a 2L bottle of milk for the office. Thats the only thing we really want to keep chilled up here so a small fridge would be great.
11 Mar 2010
24 Feb 2010
4 Jun 2009
modifying and building a debian package from source
I can’t work out where to document this so I’ll document it here – maybe it will help someone oneday.
If you want to modify a debian package and then build it…
apt-get source
make whatever changes you need to make. debian/rules and debian/control.in are interesting.
then do a ‘dch -n’ to change the version number of the package to a user version.
and finaly:
dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -b -uc -us
stick -nc on the end if you don’t want a make clean to be done
5 May 2009
Fairtrade Certified Cafes on google maps.
I have created a map on google maps to mark the locations of cafes that serve Fairtrade Certified coffee. Please feel free to add cafes too it but make sure they serve Fairtrade Certified coffee before adding them.
16 Mar 2009
washing machine with washing powder dispenser
Today’s idea.
Why don’t washing machines have big resevoirs for washing liquid or powder, fabric softner and whitner/bleach?
You would fill it up and then the washing machine would automatically dispense the various washing liquids or powders into the wash. no more messing around with all those cartons of washing powder, bottles of softner and tubs of nappysan. It would alert you when it runs out (perhaps via email so you can pick some up on your way home).
11 Mar 2009
Doctor’s Surgery appointment app link to google calendar
Wouldn’t it be cool if, when you sign up at your doctor’s surgery, they would ask you for your google calendar info. That way, when you make an appointment with the doc, their appointment software would automatically add the appointment to your calendar.
21 Nov 2008
Fairtrade Chocolate – A Deliciously Rewarding Experience! | Soul Economy
Soul Economy have tried Cocolo and like it.
Dark Chocolate: Are You Eating Child Slavery?
Nourished magazine have a
nice piece entitled “Are You Eating Child Slavery” which mentions Cocolo.
20 Nov 2008
HSBC annoyances
A while ago I moved my banking to HSBC. This move has been pretty ok except there are a few annoyances with their online banking. the biggest of which is that you cannot get an electronic copy of a statement at all. In fact, the only way to get a copy of a statement is to have them post it to you and they charge you $7.00 a pop for it! What a rip off.
When are banks going to get with the program and start emailing statements to you in PDF format so you can archive them yourself?
24 Apr 2008
DC Make Trade Fair!: Consuming with Conscience
Fair!: DC Make Trade Consuming with Conscience has a little post about Fair Trade chocolate and mentions Cocolo and where you can buy it.
18 Mar 2008
8 Dec 2007
World Vision Australia – Evoke Faith in Action newsletter
World Vision recommend you buy Cocolo
28 Nov 2007
EAN13 Barcode checkdigit calculation in Excel
Once upon a time, I wrote a formula to calculate the EAN13 barcode check digit in excel. I happened to mention it on a mailing list and it seems some people are looking for just such a thing and they email me asking about it (which is rather nice).
Anyway, I thought I would post the formula here for public digestion.
It’s not pretty and I believe there is probably a much nicer way of doing it… I just don’t know that way. So here it is:
A2 is cell containing the number of the barcode.
=MOD(10-MOD(MID(TEXT(A2,0),1,1) * 1
+ MID(TEXT(A2,0),2,1) * 3
+ MID(TEXT(A2,0),3,1) * 1
+ MID(TEXT(A2,0),4,1) * 3
+ MID(TEXT(A2,0),5,1) * 1
+ MID(TEXT(A2,0),6,1) * 3
+ MID(TEXT(A2,0),7,1) * 1
+ MID(TEXT(A2,0),8,1) * 3
+ MID(TEXT(A2,0),9,1) * 1
+ MID(TEXT(A2,0),10,1) * 3
+ MID(TEXT(A2,0),11,1) * 1
+ MID(TEXT(A2,0),12,1) * 3,10),10)
I basically convert the text to string to pull out the digit I want to manipulate, then apply the formula to that digit.
I’d love to hear from anyone who knows a more elegant way of doing it.
14 Nov 2007
Natalija creates:
Natalija is in the mood for Cocolo Dk Chocolate with Peppermint Crisps & The sound of silence
Stop the Traffik: White Chocolate and Almond Tartufi « a whisk and a spoon
Stop the Traffik have done a nice recipe using Cocolo chocolate
Whitecliffs General Store: Cocolo Chocolate and Organico olives…
Whitecliffs General Store are now carrying our chocolate.