James Mason's Blog -or- The Journal of Contemporary Lunacy

Good overview of the game from the top of the Victor Trumper Stand; a solid win; and the weather was kind - the forecast late afternoon rain didn't eventuate, instead giving way to a balmy Autumn evening. The edge of the CBD makes for a nice backdrop to the Members' stands

I was initially super-keen on the idea of a Day of the Tentacle remake/special edition , but it's already pretty much perfect - distinctive look, voice acting that fits perfectly, a brilliant soundtrack. So, maybe just leave it in peace? That said, I'm sure I'll end up playing it anyway - I love DotT to bits, after all. Now, as for Grim Fandango, that needed a bit of a control scheme overhaul so the new edition of that could really come out well.

Adding selectable table rows in jQuery The short bit of jQuery consists of the following: Adds a .click() function to any tr elements inside a tbody element to toggle the addition of the selected class whenever a row is clicked. Next, another .click() to give a link with the ID selectAll the ability to toggle all rows at once. Finally, one more .click() attached to the ID clearSelected that will deselect any rows currently selected. In this case any tr elements inside a tbody element are selected, but this could be refined using IDs or Classes if there are multiple tables on the page. $( document ).ready( function () { $( 'tbody tr' ).click( function () { $( this ).toggleClass( 'selected' ); }); $( '#selectAll' ).click( function () { $( 'tbody tr' ).toggleClass( 'selected' ); }); $( '#clearSelected' ).click( function () { $( 'tbody tr' ).removeClass( ...

This thing is bloody tiny, a really tidy little package. Of course, I can't find a screwdriver small enough to remove the tiny screws securing the 2.5" bracket so I'm stuck for the moment until I work out where my Jewelers' screwdrivers are... [Edit] I'm an absolute muppet. The SSD just slides in from the front, no need to unscrew anything. I'll put this down to either too much or too little coffee this morning. Yeesh.

Some new gear to play with, just in time for what looks to be a wet weekend. The MicroServer isn't actually new; it's just been sitting on my floor for a couple weeks waiting for me to order more RAM so it can actually do, you know, anything. The NUC is going to be a Home Theater PC - normally, I'd be sticking Debian on it without a second though but I want to run the Foxtel Go app on it and that means Windows. Oh well. On the upside, if the NUC works out as the new HTPC, that frees up the Mac Mini that's currently doing that job.

For the record  Team USA prevailed 5-4 over Team Canada in OT after coming back from being 0-2 down in the first period. Just like last year it was a really good night, complete with the sort of over-the-top production that you'd expect. The first of many fights breaks out. At one stage it was standing room only in the penalty boxes...   Going into OT USA scores the winning goal and goes nuts celebrating while being buried in streamers.

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