Last week I bought a Dermalogica creamy body scrub that was about $40. It was at the recommendation of my favourite salon and I’ve never spent so much on one skin product! Today after using it for the first time my skin is noticeably different; it looks and smells divine! I don’t believe it’s all […]
Archives for 2006
Widgets for Linux
ADesklets are widgets that can be used in Linux using the X-windows system. They are cute and easily customisable. This article has a nice description of how to install the calendar and weather desklets. I now have the weather forecast one up and running and configured to the way I like it. I’ve had to […]
Thursday Thirteen #34
Before I do this, might I just say, thank goodness for over-the-counter pharmaceuticals! I didn’t think I was going to make it through the day. Now I apparently look like I’m going to collapse but I feel much better. Thirteen things I lurve about Firefox. 1. Tabbed browsing – Okay, I know that Safari, Camino […]
The sky is falling!
Today is so wrong. Everything feels wrong. In some parts of the state we have bush fires, in others we have snow. ForecastFox told me it was supposed to be 16 degrees Celsius today but I’m sure it was above that when I left the house at 8am. At the moment however, it’s cloudy and […]
Grip it
I gave up on Sound Juicer. Despite it’s funky logo and the ease and accuracy with which it detected the CD information, I eventually got it to rip songs so that Rhythmbox could import them but the files didn’t have the ID3 data (title, artist etc). So I used Grip. Grip is highly customisable and […]
HazarHazoo moment
I bought a couple of CDs today, Recurring Dream: The Best of Crowded House and She Will Have Her Way: The Songs of Tim & Neil Finn. I was hoping to get the 2 disc set of She Will Have Her Way because it has the female artists singing the Finns’ songs on the first […]
