Category Archives: Personal

This week’s addiction

Rocketboom…

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Cheesey featherfrack

via stega: A. Follow the instructions to find your new name. B. Once you have your new name, put it in the subject box and forward it to friends and family and co-workers. Don’t forget to forward it back to … Continue reading

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That travel meme, updated

Progress on last year. I’ve done another 2% of the world. create your own visited country map

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Of mice and men

Ok, here we go… Last monday I went on a date with a wonderful Irish girl as a result of a conversation via an online dating site. (Pause a beat for people to conjure up their social stigmas and preconceptions. … Continue reading

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Material

So yesterday evening I met up with Marcus, Bern, Chris, Thom, Tracey, Pier, and a whole host of other folks for beers, food, beers, vodka, and clubbing. Thoughts: Front Row is every bit the mouthwatering eye candy I’d hoped for. … Continue reading

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Music is great. Silence is greater.

It’s funny … pretty much ever since I got my iPod, I’ve listened to it whenever I’m travelling, mostly to and from the office. Podcasts, for the most part, but when the mood takes me (or the podcasts run out), … Continue reading

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Things I thought in the last seven days

The phone (more specifically voice communication) is still the most effective communications medium after face-to-face. A bug tracker with poor signal to noise is worthless. Hello, Scarab. Pushing open source economics is damned hard. Doing the right thing feels good, … Continue reading

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This week’s addiction

… being all that I am.

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It’s coming!

Elise’s waters broke this morning. More news as and when I hear it from David…

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Attrition

Oh dear. Almost a year after one radiator went wrong, it looks like the radiator in the kitchen has sprung a minor leak – of the drip-drip-drip sort rather than the WHOOSH! sort last year, thankfully, and onto ceramic tiles, … Continue reading

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