http://www.markbenson.org/blog the blog of Mark Benson, a web developer in the vastness and infinity of cyberspace... Mon, 04 Aug 2008 12:49:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Craig Jones, who rode for Parkalgar Honda, based not 100 yards up the road from where I work, has died from his injuries after falling during the Brands Hatch round of the World Supersport series. It's always immensely sad to lose a rider in any race, but Craig's death is one I ... http://www.markbenson.org/blog/2008-08-04-craig-jones-loses-life-after-brands-hatch-crash.html Onos We've cracked the midnight glass And loosed the racketing star-crazed night into the room The blind harp sings in late fire-light, Your hand is decked with white promises. What wine is this? There are squirrels chasing in my glass, Good God! I'm pissed! - Spike Milligan http://www.markbenson.org/blog/2008-08-01-onos.html via eWeek Mark Shuttleworth, founder of Canonical, calls on Linux developers to make the presentation layer of desktop Linux applications even more attractive to users than Apple’s Mac OS. Yup. In short, this is what they need to do. Screw GNOME, KDE and the rest, we need something that looks stunning (even ... http://www.markbenson.org/blog/2008-07-23-shuttleworth-making-a-good-point.html Well I had a fun week last week, I built some meaty bash plates for the axles. I know, they'll catch on stuff all over but they look as mean as hell IMHO :D It was a bit of a trial an error job. I pretty much got the plates worked ... http://www.markbenson.org/blog/2008-07-14-diy-wheely-king-bash-plates.html I attended my first event at the weekend (only as a spectator, sadly) and where better to start than the UK Nationals! Getting there involved getting up at 5 am and a couple of hours in the car to get to the place (miraculously we DIDN'T get lost either!!). The Nationals ... http://www.markbenson.org/blog/2008-07-14-ukrcrc-nationals-2008.html I finally got off my ass (well, only figuratively!! =0) ) and watched Appleseed Ex Machina (the sequel to the 2004 Appleseed movie) and I have to say I enjoyed it a lot. It was just as shallow as the first film but hey, it was a cool action romp ... http://www.markbenson.org/blog/2008-07-07-appleseed-ex-machina.html Tennis Spoiler Alert!!!!! Today I spent mostly working on my R/C truck (you can probably see the pictures scrolling by every day in my Flickr widget, don't panic I'll write it up soon :)) In between though, I watched 2 sports I usually don't give a crap about, Formula 1 (I'm a ... http://www.markbenson.org/blog/2008-07-06-weirdly-enough.html Well this week saw a pitched music battle, I got Coldplay's new Album, 'Viva la Vida' yesterday, and I finally got around to downloading Nine Inch Nail's new album 'The Slip'. I;ve listened to them both extensively and determined that they are both very good, but I prefer The Slip. ... http://www.markbenson.org/blog/2008-06-28-nine-inch-nails-gives-me-the-slip.html I just got my paws on Viva La Vida by Coldplay. I've always been a huge Coldplay fan (my mum hates them, they are bout the only band I like that she doesn't!) but this album, from my initial impressions at least, is different. Whereas previous albums had a lot ... http://www.markbenson.org/blog/2008-06-28-theres-no-singles-on-this-album.html This Article really cracks me up. I know touch screen technology is on the up and it frankly can't come soon enough for me. I don't really like mice, even though I've been using them for over a decade. There's not really much alternative (I don't like pens or trackballs ... http://www.markbenson.org/blog/2008-06-26-the-mouse-is-dead.html