Category Archives: computers

We’re all going on a summer holiday…

By the time anyone reads this, I will be in the wilds of south east England. I may be posting a bit or I may not – it’s largely dependent on how exhausted I am by the insane schedule I’ve … Continue reading

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I have a confession

I’m having a bit of a comics addiction right now. The lovely Comixology app for my iPad is entirely to blame: the comics look amazing and it’s so easy to just press ‘Buy’ and download new things. Not that I’m … Continue reading

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2011: A year in books

Well, not quite. I’ll save you from the enourmous review list of books. I will give you The List for 2011: 1. A Suitable Vengeance – Elizabeth George 2. Outlander – Diana Gabaldon 3. Daughter of Time – Joshephine Tey … Continue reading

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Er, why is it December already?

(This post was very witty. But WordPress ate everything except the first sentence and I had to re-write it. I forgot most of the jokes. Argh) Normally I’d title this one “I aten’t dead (still)”, but I suspect that I’ve … Continue reading

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On knitting and the Wii Fit Plus. But not doing both at the same time, that would be silly

Right, I promise that today there will be no mention of Doctor Who outside of this sentence. Let’s see how I do, shall we? I had a bit of a knitting crisis at the weekend. For the last couple of … Continue reading

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Wii Fit! And other Wii stuff

Before I launch into more Doctor Who-related babbles, quick report on the Wii Fit. The balance board and game arrived this week so I decided to set it up today and give it a go. It’s harder than it looks. … Continue reading

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Maybe I’m not ready for Pete Sampras yet…

Today is going to be a very odd day, I fear. Between vacation and sickness, seven members of my ten-strong team are absent. Including all my bosses. Hmm. And everything I was doing needed a meeting with my boss this … Continue reading

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TGIF!

Yesterday was the most stressed that I’ve felt since the run-up to the launch of the Massive Christmas Tracking Project in my old job. I don’t think I slept properly all week. There were a lot of wobbles through the … Continue reading

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There are good reasons why I nearly cried at work today

Today has been a Bad Day. My back has been hurting a fair bit for the last couple of weeks and I’ve been waking up a lot through the night, finding myself lying flat on my back which only makes … Continue reading

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Good and bad day

The good: the code for the project that I’ve been working on for nearly two months finally worked properly today. The data still needs to be validated, but this is the first time that it’s run through (twice!) without issues … Continue reading

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