Took a while to get this one right, but I set up a filter system whereby an email is routed to everyone but it's sender with only .qmail files and without need for Perl scripts etc.

It's a pretty limited solution, a proper mailing list one implemented by ezmlm or Miles' lm2 would probably be loads better. But hey, there's more than one way to do it :-).

Make your .qmail file summat like this:

|/var/qmail/bin/condredirect notdude1@example.com /bin/test $SENDER = "dude1@example.com"
|/var/qmail/bin/condredirect notdude2@example.com /bin/test $SENDER = "notdude2@example.com"
|/var/qmail/bin/condredirect notdude3@example.com /bin/test $SENDER = "notdude3@example.com" &everyone@example.com

Then set up the not*@ email addresses to forward to the right parties and setup everyone@ to go them all.

As you can see, this will become a pain in the ass to maintain when you start adding more people to it. Should have just done it properly.

Actually, bollocks, I'm going to use lm2 instead. This blows. Still worth documenting though. No idea is completely worthless, it can always serve as a bad example. :-)

Reposted from Hype.

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Now if it's user experience you're after, Apple are seriously innovating in the desktop space. Tiger includes fast contents searching of all the data on your machine (files, emails, everything), a system that has the same sensibilities as Gmail.

Another great innovation is the Dashboard, basically a flip down layer that you can put little applications on. They're always running and so they're always just a single keypress away. There's a calculator, a calendar, stickies, your address book and lots more. New apps can be written in JavaScript, making them an absolute breeze to create. Want a todo list? Probably take an hour or two to make one. What about a little app that tells you when Hype was last updated. Think that should take a similar amount of time really?

There's lots more in the next release of OS X. It's not going to be around until next year though. A break from tradition - Apple have been releasing a new version of OS X annually since it's first version in 2001.

I think it's good that Apple are innovating in this area. Microsoft certainly aren't. They're focussing on the server because they've got the desktop sown up. They'll just keep pressing out identical uninteresting versions of Windows as far as the everyday user is concerned. The open source community is doing some great stuff. Dashboard for example is inspired by a Linux app of the same name from the Ximian crew that's hotting up pretty fast. It's decreasing energy states: Linux developers are just bouncing off the walls with ideas, Microsoft coders have slowed to a glacial pace, somewhere in the middle Apple are taking the best of both.

July 3rd, 3 - 7, and July 17th, 3 - 7.

So the question again is, what to play?

Last time I succeeded by quickly lowering my expectations of what I could achieve in a live setting. This time I should probably do the same. I'm interested in performing with Chuck, but I haven't managed to get that to make much more a single continuous tone or bloopy effect yet, so it's unlikely that I can perform for four hours without seriously pissing off the clientele.

The safe option is to do what I did last time again, but with a bit more planning. Essentially compose a set list, rip those tunes to WAV, open in Live and mix with them in a sample like manner instead of standard beat matching. Probably should drink less this time as well.

I really want to try out cool fantastic stuff though. It all depends on how much time I get to set up. Last time I spent a few hours ripping tracks ahead of time and that wasn't enough. This time I already have tracks ripped so I can blow my frantic prep time on actually making loops and thinking about the set ahead of time. If I was being really organised, I would sit and play with Chuck a bit so that I could at least play around with it for half an hour. However, that would be quite a lot of time, and I have a busy week ahead of me.

It occurred to me during the week that I could combine Chuck and Max/MSP for some interesting effects. Create playing machines in Chuck and control them with Max/MSP knobs and dials that output midi. Might try that at some point.

What's that program that lets me edit what services are started in what runlevels in Linux really easily..? Maybe now you'll remember!

I have a beer belly. A little one. I've always had it, as long as I can remember. Generally I'm an average height, fairly skinny guy, but with a paunch. It's got a little bigger recently, since I had my bike stolen. I'd stopped swimming and then the bike went and I haven't been getting out a whole lot. Combine this with the fact that I eat well and you have paunch. Note, the title of this post is a reference to my flatmates paunch, which has been named. I prefer not to name mine. George is bigger, but then we have different body types anyway.

Anyway I'm a touch narcissistic, so I thought it would be nice to burn that little ridge away. The web is out there waiting, so I searched it for exercises burn abdominal fat. That was a good search, instead of the TRY TH3 AT|<1NSS DIET N0W ads I was expecting, I got some handy stuff.

It's not possible to point at the fat and say "I'M GONNA DO LIKE 10,000 SIT-UPS AND KICK YOUR ASS!" This I could probably have guessed. My favourite quote comes from How to reveal your six pack (which I have no intention of doing): "Abs are not made in the gym, they're made in the kitchen." Well, fuck that then, I have no intention of stopping eating like a king. Now, where are those sausages.

I do actually have an OK diet. My girlfriend takes care of that. I eat meat quite a lot. I don't really know the first thing about food groups and stuff, so I have no idea what to eat when told to get most of my dietary fat from essential fatty acids. I could probably move my diet around a bit, though I would find it hard to adopt any form of regime. I like to try out new food and I'm not really that bothered about the tubbyness to actually work at something.

What I do need to do is more regular exercise. When I had my bike I was riding most days. I would ride for about an hour or so, mostly at a steady clip, but with occasional sprint (still a 15 year old at heart) and at least 15 minutes of slow meandering. I miss my bike and I plan to buy a new one pretty soon. Maybe even tomorrow.

It's quite a surprise that I've noticed the tub getting bigger, I'd never really monitored it that closely. It definitely struck me a couple of times in the last week that it wasn't flattening out so much after meals any more. It's not big, but it is fairly well-defined, one might say protuberant.

I suspect the lack of exercise is the critical factor. I'm eating my normal diet. I haven't actually had a drink this week, although I did drink a fair bit last week. I'm happy to exercise really. I'm more interested in maintaining the general good operation of my cardiovascular system than getting a rock hard six pack for the beach. Although, when I think about it, I'd probably be much happier dying suddenly from a heart attack than losing my mind over forty years. Although I guess you don't actually die that quickly, your body must start getting really crap at stuff long before that.

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