April 2009
17 posts
sparrow with a habit of feathering its nest with cigarette ends started a fire
– Sparrow with cigarette habit sparks £250,000 fire | World news | guardian.co.uk
…intelligence agencies now have both ‘the inclination and resources...
– Henry Porter: The government wants new surveillance technology capable of intercepting the content of emails | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk
Joint media creates force
The combination of old professional and new amateur media joining to create investigative journalism.
How G20 Ian Tomlinson footage spread shock around world | UK news | The Guardian
The Soviet Union discovered that strays did better in space than other dogs....
– Russians in space: Sputnik, Gagarin and dogs in orbit | World news | The Guardian
I witnessed trusting and naive provincial building society executives and...
– City regulator let investment bankers ‘eat building societies alive’, says whistleblower | Business | guardian.co.uk
Microorganisms in the pool evolved to live without light or oxygen… [in...
– Ancient ecosystem discovered beneath glacier | Science | guardian.co.uk
Rands In Repose: The Pond →
Interesting article looking at the concerns of managing workers not in the main ‘pond’ of the work place.
The next step, says Campbell, is to do what drug dealers and terrorists do: use...
– Investigative journalism under threat from new regulations | Media | The Guardian
If you’re concerned about the environment, a good thing to do is seek out...
– As UK shoppers tighten their belts, organic farmers feel the squeeze | Environment | The Guardian
Don’t dwell on the limitations – look for the possiblilites in technology....
– Celebrity Squares: ‘I’d like a pen display the size of my drawing board’ | Technology | guardian.co.uk
Libraries and archives from around the world have come together in a project to...
– Free-access World Digital Library set to launch | Books | guardian.co.uk
…new government regulations that come into force today. ISPs will be...
– Internet service providers to record all emails and calls | Technology | The Guardian
Step-by-step to the EventBox Sidebar Bug
Cosmic Machine said, “We’re aware of the issue but we cannot reproduce it ourselves. If you can provide a set of steps that always result in that lock up, we can fix the bug. The steps should start from a clean launch and do not assume any previous setup.”
So here it is in writing as well as images:
http://www.stephowto.com/eventbox-sidebar-bug/