Archive for January 31st, 2009
git
Never has a source control system been more aptly named. git is amazingly cool and powerful, however it also possesses a steep learning curve. I’m now happily using it in a basic fashion – one central repository, an edge repository on my laptop and desktop. You really do need to spend a bit of time [...]
Posted: January 31st, 2009 under Linux, Linux Rants, My setup, Work.
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Speech synthesis and accents
With most sat nav systems, you get a choice of perhaps male or female voices. Wouldn’t it be great to have more customised accents? Perhaps English (rather than American). However why stop there, you could have regional accents – North England, South England, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mancunian Macunian]. WARNING: stereotypes ahead! Perhaps a sexy French accent would persuade [...]
Posted: January 31st, 2009 under Idea.
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