http://www.smiffysplace.com/2005-06 RSS Feed for Smiffy's Place: posts from June, 2005 en (C) Copyright 2001-2008 Matthew Steven Smith dc.blog v1.0b http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Fri, 02 Jan 2009 05:40:36 GMT Fri, 02 Jan 2009 05:40:36 GMT http://www.smiffysplace.com/footfall http://www.smiffysplace.com/footfall Smiffy reviews Niven & Pournelle's novel, Footfall. Mon, 27 Jun 2005 14:30:00 GMT Books and Literature alien arts invasion literature publications science fiction scifi sf http://www.smiffysplace.com/the-joys-of-gardening http://www.smiffysplace.com/the-joys-of-gardening Smiffy does some gardening, assisted by Fergus the Tractor. Sat, 25 Jun 2005 14:30:00 GMT FE35 Food & Drink Massey Harris Fergusson Personal alimentation cultivator drink epicure epicurean food gardening gourmandisme gourmet harrow nutrition http://www.smiffysplace.com/soup-for-a-winters-morning http://www.smiffysplace.com/soup-for-a-winters-morning Sausage soup for a cold morning. Fri, 24 Jun 2005 14:30:00 GMT Food & Drink alimentation broth drink epicure epicurean food gourmandisme gourmet nutrition sausage soup stew http://www.smiffysplace.com/wine-and-cheese http://www.smiffysplace.com/wine-and-cheese Smiffy talks wine, cheese and biscuits. Wed, 22 Jun 2005 14:30:00 GMT Food & Drink alimentation cheese crackers drink epicure epicurean food gourmandisme gourmet nutrition wine http://www.smiffysplace.com/solstice-drama http://www.smiffysplace.com/solstice-drama Things go wrong on the Winter Solstice. Tue, 21 Jun 2005 14:30:00 GMT Personal Weather climate climatology meteorology problems solstice http://www.smiffysplace.com/irony-ii http://www.smiffysplace.com/irony-ii Ironic happenings. Tue, 21 Jun 2005 14:30:00 GMT Personal Weather climate climatology irony lightning meteorology weather http://www.smiffysplace.com/near-miss http://www.smiffysplace.com/near-miss Photographs of lightning damage. Tue, 21 Jun 2005 14:30:00 GMT Weather climate climatology damage lightning meteorology storm thunder http://www.smiffysplace.com/irony http://www.smiffysplace.com/irony Smiffy finds perverse irony in the universe. Again. Sat, 18 Jun 2005 14:30:00 GMT Personal Technical Weather climate climatology irony meteorology perversity http://www.smiffysplace.com/year-to-date-rainfall http://www.smiffysplace.com/year-to-date-rainfall Smiffy creates a year to date rainfall page. Sat, 18 Jun 2005 14:30:00 GMT Software Technical Weather climate climatology meteorology precipitation rainfall statistics weather http://www.smiffysplace.com/were-losin-power-capn http://www.smiffysplace.com/were-losin-power-capn Smiffy suffers a power outage. Fri, 17 Jun 2005 14:30:00 GMT ETSA Personal Weather climate climatology electricity supply meteorology outage http://www.smiffysplace.com/roast-lamb http://www.smiffysplace.com/roast-lamb Roast lamb, a la Smiffy. Tue, 14 Jun 2005 14:30:00 GMT Food & Drink alimentation dinner drink epicure epicurean food gourmandisme gourmet lamb meat nutrition roast roulade http://www.smiffysplace.com/new-guinea-to-colombia-all-before-breakfast http://www.smiffysplace.com/new-guinea-to-colombia-all-before-breakfast Smiffy partakes of some fine coffees of a morning. Mon, 13 Jun 2005 14:30:00 GMT Colombia Food & Drink Keyup New Guinea alimentation coffee drink epicure epicurean food gourmandisme gourmet nutrition http://www.smiffysplace.com/the-mote-in-gods-eye http://www.smiffysplace.com/the-mote-in-gods-eye Smiffy reviews Niven and Pournelle's classic novel, The Mote In God's Eye Mon, 13 Jun 2005 14:30:00 GMT Books and Literature arts book literature publications review http://www.smiffysplace.com/mmm-beer http://www.smiffysplace.com/mmm-beer Smiffy brews up. Sun, 12 Jun 2005 14:30:00 GMT Food & Drink Mmm, Beer! Weather ale alimentation beer bier biere brasserie brewery brewing cervesa cervoise climate climatology drink epicure epicurean food gourmandisme gourmet lambic meteorology nutrition http://www.smiffysplace.com/the-wired-fermenter http://www.smiffysplace.com/the-wired-fermenter Smiffy gets his beer fermenter temperatures online. Sun, 12 Jun 2005 14:30:00 GMT 1-Wire Dallas Food & Drink Mmm, Beer! Weather ale alimentation beer bier biere brasserie brewery brewing cervesa cervoise climate climatology drink epicure epicurean fermentation fermenter food gourmandisme gourmet lambic meteorology nutrition temperature weather http://www.smiffysplace.com/wordpress-patches http://www.smiffysplace.com/wordpress-patches Smiffy presents his WordPress accessibility patches for consideration. Sat, 11 Jun 2005 14:30:00 GMT Accessibility PHP Software WAI WCAG WordPress accessibility adaptability blog blogging software hack patch web log weblog http://www.smiffysplace.com/fergus-lends-a-hand http://www.smiffysplace.com/fergus-lends-a-hand Fergus the Tractor helps with the brewing effort. Sat, 11 Jun 2005 14:30:00 GMT FE35 Ferguson Food & Drink Harris Massey Personal Tractor alimentation drink epicure epicurean food gourmandisme gourmet nutrition http://www.smiffysplace.com/the-wet http://www.smiffysplace.com/the-wet It rains - a lot. Fri, 10 Jun 2005 14:30:00 GMT Weather climate climatology meteorology precipitation rain weather http://www.smiffysplace.com/after-the-storm http://www.smiffysplace.com/after-the-storm Finally, it rains. Thu, 09 Jun 2005 14:30:00 GMT Personal Weather climate climatology meteorology precipitation rain weather http://www.smiffysplace.com/flash-boom-bang-rumble http://www.smiffysplace.com/flash-boom-bang-rumble First rain, now thunderstorms. Thu, 09 Jun 2005 14:30:00 GMT General Weather climate climatology lightning meteorology rain storm thunder weather http://www.smiffysplace.com/accessibility-improvements http://www.smiffysplace.com/accessibility-improvements Smiffy does some accessibility patching on WordPress. Thu, 09 Jun 2005 14:30:00 GMT Accessibility PHP Software WAI WCAG WordPress accessibility adaptability blog blogging software hack patch web log weblog http://www.smiffysplace.com/before-the-storm http://www.smiffysplace.com/before-the-storm Smiffy prepares for the rains. Tue, 07 Jun 2005 14:30:00 GMT Weather climate climatology meteorology rain weather http://www.smiffysplace.com/php-pips-pepped-perl-to-post http://www.smiffysplace.com/php-pips-pepped-perl-to-post Smiffy takes a break from Perl to look at PHP. Mon, 06 Jun 2005 14:30:00 GMT PHP Perl Software scripting http://www.smiffysplace.com/the-great-escape http://www.smiffysplace.com/the-great-escape The horses break out. Mon, 06 Jun 2005 14:30:00 GMT Personal equestrian escape horse http://www.smiffysplace.com/pepping-up-perl-5 http://www.smiffysplace.com/pepping-up-perl-5 Smiffy reviews Perl Objects References & Modules, by Randall Schwartz. Sun, 05 Jun 2005 14:30:00 GMT Books and Literature Software arts book literature modules o'reilly object object-orientated object-oriented oop oreilly perl publications references review http://www.smiffysplace.com/peter-john-smith-in-memoriam http://www.smiffysplace.com/peter-john-smith-in-memoriam Smiffy recognises what would have been his father's birthday. Sat, 04 Jun 2005 14:30:00 GMT Parkinsons Disease Personal http://www.smiffysplace.com/rice-bread http://www.smiffysplace.com/rice-bread Smiffy reports on the rice bread experiment Sat, 04 Jun 2005 14:30:00 GMT Food & Drink alimentation baking bread drink epicure epicurean flour food gourmandisme gourmet nutrition rice http://www.smiffysplace.com/today-is-world-environment-day http://www.smiffysplace.com/today-is-world-environment-day Smiffy comments on World Environment Day, 2005 Sat, 04 Jun 2005 14:30:00 GMT Commentaria UN United Nations commentary current affairs environment news http://www.smiffysplace.com/we-plough-the-fields-and-scatter http://www.smiffysplace.com/we-plough-the-fields-and-scatter Our fields are seeded. Sat, 04 Jun 2005 14:30:00 GMT General farming seeding sowing http://www.smiffysplace.com/mars-polar-lander-try-again http://www.smiffysplace.com/mars-polar-lander-try-again NASA is having another stab at the Martian Polar Lander Fri, 03 Jun 2005 14:30:00 GMT Commentaria Mars NASA Technical commentary current affairs news space http://www.smiffysplace.com/bread-lets-go-crazy http://www.smiffysplace.com/bread-lets-go-crazy Smiffy tries making bread with rice flour. Thu, 02 Jun 2005 14:30:00 GMT Food & Drink alimentation baking bread cooking drink epicure epicurean flour food gourmandisme gourmet nutrition rice http://www.smiffysplace.com/plone http://www.smiffysplace.com/plone Smiffy plays with Plone. Thu, 02 Jun 2005 14:30:00 GMT Accessibility CMS Python Software Zope adaptability content management http://www.smiffysplace.com/spam-me-not http://www.smiffysplace.com/spam-me-not Smiffy looks at spam blacklists. Thu, 02 Jun 2005 14:30:00 GMT General UCBE e-mail email spam http://www.smiffysplace.com/baikonur-50 http://www.smiffysplace.com/baikonur-50 Former Soviet cosmodrome, Baikonur, marks its 50th anniversary. Thu, 02 Jun 2005 14:30:00 GMT CCCP Commentaria USSR astronaut commentary cosmonaut current affairs news rocket space http://www.smiffysplace.com/in-touch-with-freescale http://www.smiffysplace.com/in-touch-with-freescale Smiffy is contacted by Freescale Semiconductors Thu, 02 Jun 2005 14:30:00 GMT CMOS Flash Freescale Microcontrollers Motorola digital embedded logic microcontroller microprocessor