Tom Lachecki

(Tomalak Geret'kal)

Numbers

Here's an idea. When writing a script to track and tabulate advertising hits for a network synchronisation company, don't forget that the string "01" and the string "1" are different. It took me until the beginning of a new month to realise that my table refused to handle array keys "01","02","03"… because it was looking […]

Millions of emails like this one

Six or so of us ex-Peerweb Uni of Nottingham geeks have compiled a petition-campaign against our residential network providers, the Student Network Service, and their owners Information Services. After some discussion with the Students Union who presented an opportunity, courtesy of IS, to hold a small 'focus group' to address our issues, we decided to […]

Grapefruit

So, this is my first 'article'. It's more of a space-filler than an actual article, as I don't plan to say anything useful in it. However… it gives me something to say until I actually begin posting intelligent comments. ๐Ÿ™‚ Note: Yes, there are posts from 2005. No, you're not going mad. I moved them […]

Evolution Of The Web Browser

So I wasn't immensely impressed with my newly installed copy of Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2. It's shiny and nice, and has a few nice features like tabs and feed support, and it's attempted to make security better. All good things, you'd think…

Enterprise Finale "These Are The Voyages"

I enjoyed this episode and agree that it was a good end to the show. If anything, though, I felt a little cheated that the TNG characters had 'stolen' the last episode of a four year saga from us รขโ‚ฌโ€ I think I'd have felt more comfortable if B&B had let our heroes finish the […]

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