VEC forms from the 2018 Victorian state election

This is a collection of paper forms used by the VEC at the 2018 Victorian state election, recreated by me from images shown in the Election Official Manual and Voting Centre Manager Guide.

Investigating an early-2010s gaming DRM system: Part 1

Background

This post concerns a DRM system used in a PC gaming platform introduced in the early 2010s. The particular DRM system is not relevant and will not be identified, but will be familiar to many.

One function of the DRM system is to require… »

Open with Emacs in same window, and open as root: emacsclients scripts and .desktop files

Open with Emacs in same window

/usr/local/bin/myemacs:

#!/bin/bash

# how many emacs?
NUM_EMACS=$(emacsclient -e "(length (frame-list))" -a "")

if [ $NUM_EMACS -le 1 ]; then
	emacsclient -c -e "(progn (select-frame-set-input-focus (selected-frame)) (find-file \"$@\"))"
else
	emacsclient -e "(progn

Welcome to the new look Inane Observations! And a trip down memory lane

A slightly belated welcome from me to the new look Inane Observations blog! The new theme has been created from scratch, using resources from the Jekyll Minima theme, and aims to be clean, minimalist and responsive. In accordance with this style, the tagline has also… »

DRM Round-up: Q3 2018

Today is the International Day Against DRM, and it seems a fitting time for my first quarterly DRM round-up: In the spirit of IDAD, I have a policy of refusing to purchase any eBooks encumbered with DRM, which I observe strictly. My frustration has grown… »