http://www.jgubby.com The ramblings of a madman Mon, 01 Dec 2008 14:41:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Marilyn Monroe (Marilyn) - 1967 (hot pink) by Andy WarholThis exceptional 70cm x 65cm fine art print on high quality paper, is brand new and in mint condition. Marilyn Monroe (Marilyn) - 1967 (hot pink) by Andy Warhol is truly stunning and we want to make sure you receive it ... http://www.jgubby.com/rubbish/the-timewaster-ebayer/ Happy Birthday Phillums! http://www.jgubby.com/philas/phil-as-the-birthday-boy/ http://www.jgubby.com/rubbish/phil-as-lolcats/ http://www.jgubby.com/philas/phil-as-somebody/ It is not acceptable to ban users from using their 'Back' button. You can be sure that when a user reaches a page they don't want they will hit the back button on their browser. There are so many shortcuts to this: 'delete' on windows, Apple and [ on mac and ... http://www.jgubby.com/programming/five-faux-pas/ In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Proved. Brilliant. Give, and it shall be given to you. For whatever measure you deal out to others, it will be dealt to you in return. 'xcept if you're Jesus. The end. http://www.jgubby.com/rants/james-on-creationism/ Things I, as an educated subject of Her Majesty am tired of in 2008: The Weather Generic acts of autocratical tyranny The fact that the Starbucks 'bar and grille' in Fulham Palace road fails to purchase enough croissants every single day - a croissant is probably 8p wholesale (I don't know I'm not ... http://www.jgubby.com/rants/apostrophes-link/ Further to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7282308.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7283112.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7284895.stm the following was found floating upstream in the Thames, presumably away from the Houses of Parliament. Edit: 12th Marth - I note the prophecy of my words: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7290372.stm http://www.jgubby.com/uncategorized/problem-solving-flowchart/ <voiceover> In this new series, the three Hustlers - confidence trickster Alexis Conran, scam artist Paul Wilson and 'sexy swindler' Jessica Clement - demonstrate some of the biggest, most outrageous scams ever... so you'll know what to look out for, and how to avoid being scammed yourself. <voiceover> Paul has applied ... http://www.jgubby.com/rubbish/the-real-hustle/ Dear Paul, I do hope you are enjoying your holiday. I have a few requests for some improvements to my working environment, which are detailed below: 1) There is to be a jazz band playing in my room from approx. 10am every day, which must disperse no earlier than 6.30pm (and 5.30pm on a ... http://www.jgubby.com/rubbish/freedom-of-information-email-disclosure/ Answers: a) Correct. First years: design all your circuits like this. b) The wires will fill up with electrons until they are too big to fit in a torch c) Problematic in practice: they will argue about it d) Each voltage is greater than the one to the left and to the right of ... http://www.jgubby.com/rubbish/help-for-first-year-electrical-engineers/ In a survey of their worst nightmares, the middle class answered the following: Running out of olive oil Runnout out of potpourri A "Safe-Way" opening within 800 miles of a loved one Being robbed in the night The cancellation of Heartbeat1   Fig.1: Some delicious potpourri These concerns will be addressed in order of priority. Oilve oil can be ... http://www.jgubby.com/rubbish/an-englishmans-house/ The following is offered without comment. http://www.jgubby.com/rants/packet-switching/ Fig.1: Our beautiful children, O Let them shine With the prevalence of ridiculous ill-informed articles on the subject of mobile phone masts I would like to finally set the record straight in this highly misunderstood field. I also aim to include as many puns on the word 'field' as possible. Here are ... http://www.jgubby.com/rants/mobile-phone-masts-good/ I've just finished upgrading the server farm that runs jgubby.com. It didn't go extremely well, and had to be done in three stages, each time forgetting a tiny bit of stuff I needed. On the plus side webmail should be many times faster now. Please tell me if something doesn't ... http://www.jgubby.com/jgubbycom/upgrades-this-weekend/ Why is it that despite spending a vast amount of time doing it, when I come to write a CV it is very difficult to make it sound as it Dramsoc isn't a total masturbatory indulgence? How does: "Good head for heights; standing in the rain at 4am doesn't phase me." even ... http://www.jgubby.com/rants/dramsoc-vs-the-cv/ Procrastination is like masturbation: its great fun until you realise you've fucked yourself. http://www.jgubby.com/personal/sunday-12pm/ During revision time, one must be equipped with the very best in terms of writing imlpemi. Remember: it's not what you write, its with what you write it! I have today spent some considerable time in the union walkway shop researching the very best in modern writing equipment. ... http://www.jgubby.com/rubbish/pens-of-choice/ Dearest colleagues, (Further to Pietro's blog post) I do hope you are getting on well with your C++ assignment, which from the sounds of it is going down like a lubed anvil. Couple of things id like to get off my chest, if I may be so bold. 1. Hash Maps A hash ... http://www.jgubby.com/programming/for-2nd-year-electrical-engineers/ some subhuman scum has stolen my phone from my person while i was walking; some thoughts. how so ever dare you steal my phone you night-felcher of the soul, you vile incumbent crab, you poo munching pavement beast, a fool go with thy soul; whither it goes! you minge clipping fat ... http://www.jgubby.com/rants/stolen-phone/ Police have been called to a scene in Hove after reports that an exceptionally ugly dog has been creating a disturbance. The dog (whom we will call Jade) has allegedly been making lewd sexual remarks to attractive middle-aged women and later confounded the situation by trying to light (and ... http://www.jgubby.com/uncategorized/choc-oranges/ I have been recently described as a "rantankerous old man" by a friend. I think he meant cantankerous but I think the word rantankerous is much better. This dictionary claims it isnt a word, so I hereby propose it as the concatenation of ranting and contankerous, multiplied by ... http://www.jgubby.com/rants/rantankerous/ After reviewing my webserver's logs, I would like to extend my apologies to all those who ended up on this site after searching for the following queries and found nothing that satisfied them: Phil as OR James Dicken Transsexual Bestiality OR Monogomisitic pig farming AND rattlesnake abuse OR Little hairy men Panda pops ... http://www.jgubby.com/uncategorized/failed-searches/ With the release of Windows Vista recently, I would like to declare this the week of iterative programming. Fig.1 : Infinite monkeys programming in C++ for infinite time http://www.jgubby.com/week-of/the-week-of-iterative-programming/ Dramsoc's production of Arcadia is playing this week, from Wednesday to Saturday in the Union Concert Hall (Level 2). Reviews have been extremely positive, with most people I've spoken to saying its one of the best productions Dramsoc have done in a long time. Review on Live Tickets are available online ... http://www.jgubby.com/uncategorized/arcadia/ This week (Monday 12th March) is the week of the Little Hairy Man. I don't know what I'm talking about. http://www.jgubby.com/week-of/the-week-of-the-little-hairy-man/ Whilst pouring through the archives in the basement of the Phil As museum in the town of Konigsberg (now Kaliningrad) I uncovered the following ancient inscriptions. The antiquated scrawl, although near-impossible to decipher clearly shows that whoever created the designs was in possession of some rudimentary knowledge of thread ... http://www.jgubby.com/philas/ancient-incarnates-of-phil-found/ The original "beat-boxers" who were writing in the late 18th Century often said that the one thing limiting the progress of their art was the lack of functioning microphones. In some cases however the one limiting factor is a fundamental inability. John is progressing modestly through the first few bars ... http://www.jgubby.com/uncategorized/john-music/ I was a little shocked to discover on the BBC Website that my sex may be a subject of controversy. http://www.jgubby.com/uncategorized/up-for-debate/ mmm pie http://www.jgubby.com/uncategorized/i-like-pie/ This week (beginning Monday 5th March 2007) is the week of the Excited Tiger. http://www.jgubby.com/week-of/the-week-of-the-excited-tiger/ This week (beginning 26th February) is the week of the Gubby Balloon. The Gubby Balloon has appeared in various different forms over the years, although more recently has taken a back seat to the rather more popular "Mount thine worthy steed... yea" collection. The earliest sighting of Gubby Balloon was ... http://www.jgubby.com/week-of/the-week-of-the-gubby-balloon/ ... and here is proof. So if on Thursday there are no cues in the vast linked list that is the pearl (I know nothing of the work of the linked list), then I cannot be held accountable. http://www.jgubby.com/uncategorized/definitely-saved/ This is offered without comment. http://www.jgubby.com/uncategorized/a-graph-of-intensity-against-time-over-blue/ The following is offered without comment. http://www.jgubby.com/uncategorized/interesting-search/ The London Fire-brigade has today issued a statement damning the over-zealous Westminster parking attendants. When a fire broke out in Albert Court on Prince consort road this morning, the fire service were on the scene within minutes. Here one can see the ticket warden issuing the last few tickets on ... http://www.jgubby.com/rants/fire-service/ This week (beginning Monday 19th Feb) is the week of the Mixup Mouse. http://www.jgubby.com/week-of/week-mixup-mouse/ An offering I previously overlooked has won by a landslide: The Sexiest Ads in the World: A collection of saucy advertisements from around the world; featuring amorous ads and kinky commercials. (Channel 5) (Subtitles are provided). http://www.jgubby.com/uncategorized/monday-night-television-u/ I presently find myself confronted with the following dilema. Do I watch 21st Century Bach: Concertato, Preulde and Fugue in D (BWV 532) on BBC 2 (which explores the uneven temperament) or The Sex Inspectors on Channel 4, in which presenters offer their advice to couples who are having ... http://www.jgubby.com/uncategorized/monday-night-television/ Here is john peeling the potatoes for Harry's dinner. John is a potato peeler. http://www.jgubby.com/uncategorized/john-peeling-the-potatoes/ The *most* irritating thing, possibly in the whole world, is the following error: It occurs immediately after you select some icons and right-click in Windows XP. Normally you know exactly where on the screen you are about to move the mouse to (in this case it was delete, which is ... http://www.jgubby.com/rants/u-p-s-r/ A development has been made on the case of the letter bombs earlier in the week. The police have managed to narrow it down to all of the population. http://www.jgubby.com/uncategorized/shocking-development/ I would like to introduce a new design of Underground locomotive, the Jams-O-Motive. Many observant readers will have observed that Underground tube lines have a large cavity underneath the rails. As can be seen from this photograph of a Dock-Lands station, there is considerable space between the top track and ... http://www.jgubby.com/rants/jamsomotive/ Hi, my name's James and this is my weblog, LOL. I'm a liberal 'wannabe' computer scientist. In my spare time I write the most appalling Java, much to John's distaste. Often I can be found playing the pretent-o-phone or 'piano' as it is known to less liberal ... http://www.jgubby.com/programming/rubbish/ Inspired by the algorithmic musings of John I present The bodge and the Ramsa. The Bodge and the Ramsa are sitting on the UCH stage after a long cultural show strike. Ramsa: Bodge old dear, it would seem our placement together is most fortuitous, since as you may be well aware there ... http://www.jgubby.com/uncategorized/the-bodge-and-the-ramsa/ I am listening to John attempt to play the entertainer (proper, full version) on the piano. This is causing me no small amount of discomfort, which leads me to the following questions: Should programmers be allowed near musical instruments, and other avenues of creative or artistic disposition? Should programming be done ... http://www.jgubby.com/uncategorized/the-entertainer/ Seems there's a wordpress plugin that uses enscript to highlight the syntax of code available, from this site. Download the states-highlight.phps file from http://www.nextthing.org/code/wp-states-highlight/. Rename it states-highlight.php and put it in wordpress/plugins. Also, get a copy of enscript.st from http://www.nextthing.org/code/enscript/ and put it in the same folder. Then enable the ... http://www.jgubby.com/programming/syntax-highlighting-for-java/ I would like to state that the pervious post was *not* made by me. I never write instructions to myself in the pretentious 2nd person, and rebuke claims that I am a "C++ Homosexual" http://www.jgubby.com/uncategorized/first-post/ Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging! http://www.jgubby.com/uncategorized/hello-world/ ''