eclipse user library

cool! i always had loads of jars listed in my eclipse projects which got in the way and now i have figured out how to package them into a user library. what i need to do next is get tomcat to link to this user library and then it will be able to run the appz. this should make deployment a bit easier too. who knows, my war files may actually deploy automatically!

detergents in petrol

my car manual says that i need to make sure i use petrol which doesn't have detergents in it. on close examination all fuels now contains 'engine cleaning detergents' even asda shite petrol.

now why this stupid rise in adding detergents to petrol? i don't remember engines getting their insides all dirty before. i thought engines were meant to be a bit dirty (like christina aguilera).

could it be that instead of selling us the product we want at the lowest price they are 'adding value' by diluting the product with cheap shit detergents which degrade the fuel economy of the car etc.

wankers

co-op fairy cakes

i am going to blow the lid off this whole corporate scandal. co-op are selling fairy cakes which have not been cooked right and the bottom half of the fairy cake is getting stuck to the paper.

they have the cheek to charge twice as much as asda for their fairy cakes based on the 'convenience' of their stores (as if anyone doesn't have a car these days) then they sell inferior products like this.

i've got my eye on you co-op you evil evil faceless corporation

macdonalds sauces

when i used to drive thru macdonalds i got used to asking for the sauce at the first window. they were always happy to provide whatever sauces you want no questions asked. then one day the reply became 'they will give you the sauces at the 3rd window'. after driving to the window, parking, waiting for them to get this and that and shove it at you i have completely forgotten about the sauces.

when i get home i realise i have forgotten the sauces and its too late. if i were 'eating in' i would just ask for the sauce and get it so what reason would they have for trying to deprive the 'drive thru' customer of sauce?

especially when a 'chicken mcnugget' meal depends almost entirely on sauce and they don't even do the 'what sauce do you want with your chicken mcnugget' shit any more.

and macdonalds wonder why they are going down the shit tube. they invented consistent food and now they are trying to change it. way to cripple a winning formula bud.

updated nbm site

nbm solicitors

3 phone

finally activated my 3 phone which has been sitting idle for a month, waiting for my orange contract to expire. i made a video call to my brother and was instantly surprised at the quality. suddenly it went from being a voice call to a face to face conversation!

i am quite glad to be rid of that strange phone that i had to buy to run out the last of my orange contract. i got a really strange lump in my ear from using it. i am sure it was cooking me with radio waves or something.

ntl cable

found out that 2Mb connection is the same price as my 512Kb connection. went online to find out if i could upgrade and i could. now my connection is 2Mb but i am left wondering why they didn't upgrade their existing customers or at least let them know and how long i have could have been upgraded. now i am tempted to "downgrade" to the 1Mb connection as this is still faster than what i had but will save me a tenner a month. hmmm...

i am getting a bit sick of companies treating existing customers like shit and only wowing their new customers.

3 peaks

tried to do the 3 peaks again this weekend. it started snowing though and we had to call it off after whernside. i think 2 out of 3 was not bad considering the conditions. my calf muscles still hurt but apart from that i don't feel too bad.

v70

we have bought a v70. it is really cool - automatic gearbox, 2.4 litre engine, leather seats etc. it is a bit of a beast and has made me enjoy driving again. we are going to drive down to spain over easter to "test" it.

i guess i don't need the v40 towbar anymore!

ntl cable

i keep getting disconnected from ntl cable for short periods of time. it is really annoying

online casino

i wonder if there are any online casino clients that run on fedora?

car

we have gone off the idea of a mondeo or a vectra. now we are looking into v70s. our v40 has been such a good car and we are very attached to volvo. the fords and gm cars seem really plasticy in comparison. if we decide to buy a flat in spain we may need to hang onto our car for a bit.

towbar

i think i am going to offer to pay that guy's listing costs for the towbar. i asked him to send me the wiring instructions before i would send him the money. after a couple of weeks he sent me a bizarre diagram of the lights on the back of a trailer. i hope i don't get a red mark on my ebay account.

livna again

again i am left waiting for livna to update their nvidia packages to be able to use next kernel.

top request

this is my favourite thing that staff say to me when they can't get something to work on their computer - "Can't we just have the old one back?".

v40 towbar

bought a towbar on ebay for 51 quid (although the guy says it will cost 27quid to post it to me!). It looks great - a proper volvo detachable towbar. he says the electrics all work and that he has instructions with it but i have requested that he send me photographic proof as i am a bit wary. i am worried about buying an unfixable part.

i hope he doesn't get cheesed off and sell it to someone else cos i really want it. maybe i should just pay and get on with it. i can always ebay it to someone else. the trouble is he might have stolen it from someones car and i don't want to buy stolen goods because i don't want to deprive anyone of anything. if he has all bits it is certainly bonified.

hooray

livna packages have been released

livna packages

have upgraded to the latest kernel on fedora but the livna nvidia packages have not come out yet. the version is 766 and i am stuck on the older kernel (maybe 741) until they release that package (i am not going back to doing it the hard way!).

why oh why can't nvidia release the source for their graphics cards so it can be included with the kernel and then i wouldn't have to keep installing it. i am sure creating good hardware is more important to a graphics card manufacturer than buggering about with drivers. they could also benefit from a bit of prodding and poking from the open source guys. hey, they may even be smart enough to help with a few optimisations!

flu

i am so ill at the moment. i feel like there is serious pressure inside my head. keep getting phonecalls from work though which is not very relaxing.

volvo v40

sofia and i were thinking about trading the car in for another. we went to look at a ford mondeo automatic diesel but it was nothing special. after the test drive we were just glad to get back into our car. volvos are really nice.

this leaves us with the problem of our trip to spain in the summer. we need to get a towbar fitted on the car so that we can stick all the stuff in a trailer. i have ebayed the roofrack and roofbox. what a waste of time! no space at all in those things!

volvo quoted £372.54 to fit one which is frankly outrageous. a local towbar specialist quoted £200 which seems more reasonable, although i have been trying to investigate what is involved with fitting one myself. there is a towtrust towbar on ebay for £40 but it looks like a bundle of wires that i wouldn't know anything about.

also trailers aren't cheap. i wonder if my dad will let me nick his?