http://blog.bluemonki.net A smattering of news from the world of bluemonki fortified with vitamins and iron, suitable for vegetarians, may contain traces of nuts. Mon, 11 Jan 2010 14:46:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en So you're running [Spotify] on Linux under Wine, good for you. But you've found a really cool shared playlist on [SpotifyPlaylists.co.uk], for example the [BBC's Sound of 2010 shortlist playlist] But if you click the magical link that says "add to spotify" it's not going to work :( So you need to right ... http://blog.bluemonki.net/2010/01/11/how-to-add-shared-playlists-to-spotify-on-linux-running-under-wine/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-add-shared-playlists-to-spotify-on-linux-running-under-wine Thanks to lots of #uksnow, we made this: Giant Snowman! by bluemonki on Zooomr Awesome! http://blog.bluemonki.net/2010/01/08/snow-2/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=snow-2 Yes I've moved house and I'm back on the internet! So if you know me in real life, come pay me a visit :) http://blog.bluemonki.net/2009/12/31/ive-moved-house/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ive-moved-house http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8366133.stm So are there 7 other people out there who'd like to see that "Go Compare" advert banned?? I bet there are.... http://blog.bluemonki.net/2009/11/23/apparently-it-only-takes-8-complaints-to-the-asa-to-get-a-story-on-bbc-news/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=apparently-it-only-takes-8-complaints-to-the-asa-to-get-a-story-on-bbc-news No, really they are*. All of their last few songs have been composed from sound-bites from recorded interviews. Any appearances they may have made were done by lookalikes. Don't believe me? Just listen to the lyrics and you'll see what I mean.... * -- may not actually be true http://blog.bluemonki.net/2009/11/18/the-black-eyed-peas-are-dead/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-black-eyed-peas-are-dead This recipe will give you the really nice soft cookies like you'd get in Sainsburys or Coop :) Mmm tasty, but be careful - they really do expand a lot! http://carnation.co.uk/cookies http://blog.bluemonki.net/2009/10/05/cookies-like-you-get-in-the-supermarket-d/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cookies-like-you-get-in-the-supermarket-d http://www.channel4.com/food/recipes/popular-dishes/curry/masala-dal-garlicky-spiced-lentils-recipe_p_1.html this is making me hungry http://blog.bluemonki.net/2009/09/30/masala-daaldhal-recipe/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=masala-daaldhal-recipe Just saw this whilst watching the hairy bikers :) http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/database/staffordshireoatcake_92371.shtml http://blog.bluemonki.net/2009/09/30/staffordshire-oatcake-recipe/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=staffordshire-oatcake-recipe After having received a feature request for the [badge maker] to get photos from a user with certain labels (thanks [Celine]), I realised that the user_id parameter missing from zooomr.photos.search. This has now been fixed :) http://trac.zooomr.com/trac/wiki/zooomr.photos.search http://code.google.com/p/ruby-zooomr-api/ http://code.google.com/p/php-zooomr-api/ http://blog.bluemonki.net/2009/09/25/zooomr-api-update/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=zooomr-api-update It's finally here, I've written a Zooomr version of the Flickr badge maker allowing you to easily put Zooomr pics on your wordpress blog or anywhere you can jam the Flickr version :) Check it out: http://bluemonki.net/zooomr_apps/badge_maker/index.php http://blog.bluemonki.net/2009/09/24/zooomr-badge-maker/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=zooomr-badge-maker There are two distinctly different types of hammering: Gently and rapidly hammering -- something is not quite in the right place and just needs a little tap or two to get it correctly positioned Loud and slow hammering -- something is in completely the wrong place and really needs to come out ... http://blog.bluemonki.net/2009/09/24/hammering-two-types/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hammering-two-types ...are these products actually the same and just sold in different aisles of the supermarket in an attempt to make us believe they are different?!!?!? Certainly mango chutney could easily be eaten on toast. http://blog.bluemonki.net/2009/09/15/chutney-and-jam/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=chutney-and-jam Cheese Plant Root 62 Hour Timelapse from bluemonki on Vimeo. http://blog.bluemonki.net/2009/09/14/cheese-plant-root-62-hour-timelapse/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cheese-plant-root-62-hour-timelapse Flax -- Closeup by bluemonki on Zooomr Flax -- From Afar by bluemonki on Zooomr You can read more about flax on wikipedia http://blog.bluemonki.net/2009/09/08/flax/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=flax Anti-Ninja: one who dresses in brightly coloured or flamboyant clothes in order to attract the attention of a victim, thus allowing a true ninja to deal with them Methods of dealing with them for the Ninja that thinks long term: Shining a UV laser on them every day in a different place, ... http://blog.bluemonki.net/2009/09/07/anti-ninjas/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=anti-ninjas