England have beaten Argentina 1 – 0 in the World Cup. I have nothing insightful or interesting to add I just wanted to celebrate the fact publicly. COME ON ENGLAND!
Dinosaur in a Haystack by Stephen Jay Gould
My review of Dinosaur in a Haystack by Stephen Jay Gould now online
Adam &
Adam & Dawn’s engagement party photos are now online
Martha Quest by Doris Lessing
My review of Martha Quest by Doris Lessing now online
One2One WAP Settings
I’ve just spent about an hour trying to set up WAP on my Nokia 6210. I eventually found the right settings (no thanks to the One2One website) and I include them below for fellow searchers:
Homepage: | http://wap.one2one.net |
Connection type: | continuous |
Connection Security: | Off |
Bearer: | Data |
Dial-up number: | +447953968999 |
IP address: | 149.254.001.010 |
Authentication type: | Normal |
Data Call type: | ISDN |
Data call speed: | 9600 |
Username: | user |
Password: | wap |
Port: | 9201 |
Idle time out: | 120 |
World Cup 2002 Simulation Available for Download
My World Cup 2002 Simulator/Predictor program is now available for download. Full details can be found on the program page
The Longest Memory by Fred D’Aguiar
I’ve had this book almost since it came out in hardback in 1994 soon after it had won the Whitbread First Novel award but never got around to reading it. I picked it off the shelf this morning and an hour and a half later I’d finished it.
It is a really beautiful, compelling book. The story concerns a 100-year-old slave on a Virginian plantation in the early 19th Century and his relationship with the plantation owmer, the overseer and his own dynasty of slaves. I won’t say any more as the plot is revealed cleverly and with real poise through the length of the novel.
D’Aguiar was originally a poet and that grasp of language serves him well throughout the novel. The characters might be accused of being archetypes but I think instead I would say that the book uses simplicity to great effect. Recommended.
The Trial by Franz Kafka
My review of The Trial by Franz Kafka now online
Email via telnet
Kludged together a quickstart guide to email through telnet from this story on slashdot.org
(From comments by xQx, carm$y$)
telnet [your mail server] [port – usually 110 for POP3]
USER [username]
PASS [password]
Once you’re in:
STAT gives you number of messages and total size
LIST gives you a list of your messages
RETR [message number] to read a message
HEAD [message number] [bytes] (I couldn’t get this to work on BT’s mailserver but I assume it gives you the first part of a message)
DELE [message number] deletes the message permanently
And when you’re done:
QUIT
You can also send email via telnet
Betting System + Program
I’ve been thinking about the betting system where you bet on every horse in a race (or team in a league, etc.) that you think has a chance of winning and I’ve written a program that you can download that crunches the numbers for you.