Archive for August, 2006

Back from Holiday, New Job, Life Update

August 31st, 2006 (2006-08-31T23:10:47-0700) 1 Comment

Well, this is proving to be a busy busy week.

I had a fabulous 10 days in Malta with my family. Not really had a family holiday in a while so it was strangely refreshing. There are a some photos on Flickr.

Secondly: I have a job. In fact, not only do I have a job I [...]

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2Hundred

August 17th, 2006 (2006-08-17T16:53:23-0700) 1 Comment

I’m awful at drawing attention to milestones on my blog. I don’t see an awful lot of importance or relevance in doing so, but would anyway if I were to remember. I missed the first blog anniversary, and the second too (July 21st) but pretty much by accident, I spotted the post count in Wordpress [...]

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Off On Holiday

August 17th, 2006 (2006-08-17T16:28:48-0700)
After a gruelling graduation ceremony, some casual small-job work, casually hunted for full time jobs and spending a lot of time cuddling, I need a holiday.

Therefore, I’m off on holiday to Malta with my family tomorrow until the 28th.

I’ve not set an auto-response on my email because right now I’m subscribed to mailing lists [...]

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Leopard Wish #1

August 17th, 2006 (2006-08-17T00:16:50-0700) 4 Comments

So, Apple have previewed Mac OSX Leopard. I can’t say I was blown away by the WWDC keynote, but everything there was interesting enough: The implementation of virtual desktop is gorgeous, iChat 4 looks very cool (although I continue to dislike the chat bubbles) and Time Machine might just bring backups to all (if Apple [...]

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Camp it Up (and other cheap puns)

August 16th, 2006 (2006-08-16T22:44:17-0700) 2 Comments

BarCamp is coming to the UK next month for two days and many are attending.

8th Rule: If this is your first time at BarCamp, you HAVE to present.

Woah scary. I’m not the most experienced of public speakers nor the most confident so I’ve teamed up with Steve Marshall and we’re going to try and do [...]

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