February 2009
101 posts
My holiday homework completed: Read “Practices of an Agile Developer”: http://bit.ly/aUVag. Wonderfully practical book, rings very true.
Waiting for the Waterloo train from Axminster. The station has a great cafe. Fried egg sarnie on the way.
I’ve just ordered a Linux eee pc on my PDA using Opera Mini and I still have a girlfriend. Geek power!
Last day of the holiday. Probably off into Lyme. Some more fossils would be nice. Watched Wall-E last night - brilliant - I’m a sentimen …
Just about getting used to this holiday lark. Going up Golden Cap today, highest cliff on the south coast of England.
Geeked out on the fossil beach at Lyme Regis. Too many to carry, too big to carry!
Last.fm hits back strongly and with justification. @TechCrunch must look at its sub-tabloid journalistic standards. Forza @lastfm
Unlimited toast, jam and butter for £2 in the Town Mill Bakery, Lyme Regis. Danger! http://www.townmillbakery.com/
Woken by buzzard’s cry this morning.
It was so warm today. Good to feel sun on my back.
Well my MacBook might be a lemon but - credit to Apple - they’ve replaced the logic board again for free & outside warranty. It’s 130 mi …
Seen my first bumble bees of the spring this weekend plus snow drops and crocus. Green shoots of recovery.
A glimpse of the sea and the sun sets.
I’m really geeking out on the train with 2 Linux magazines, since Apple have yet to even call me about my Macbook repair.
Twelve degrees sunshine as the train scoots thru Surrey. Feels warm. Ah Surrey; the patio of England.
Fun night out in Soho- wasn’t feeling up to it but had a good time. Off to sunny Dorset tomorrow.
Jah Bless one and all.
chicka-chicka-chicka-chick-chicka
is dubbing out on Last.fm. ShedLoads of dub artists died young
Listening to Bruckner 8 = air timpani.
You might think this glass of port now is risky but I’m a guy who changes server configs on a Friday afternoon. Live a little!
I’ve been really indulging my middle-class sensibilities with Green & Black’s/LIndt choc but this Cadbury’s Wispa tastes best.
It’s great news that he Antigua Recreation Ground is serving up 5-days of cricket and finish like this.
Time for a glass of German Pinot Noir from Lidl. Come on! Where’s your sense of adventure?
Aggers is interviewing Curtly Ambrose. Curtly, my favourite purveyor of chin music ever.
#cricket now then!
Feeling thoroughly rinsed but think I really slog-swept today’s tasks way over mid-on.
Just uploaded a new microsite for the V&A’s next exhibition. Check out the yummy HD goodness of this video http://bit.ly/2jfsm
It’s rocksteady time in the V&A Web Tech Team
BBC News FAIL.
pwning Flash embed code. I learned more about Flash working in PHP at http://studio24.net than supposed Flash developers in London know.
another non-drinking night is a complete wash-out due to distracting organic gin and tonic.
Why do people think $GLOBALS are a sensible way to program PHP. It’s the dustbin of lost rags.
My Mocha/Mysore #coffee was very smooth.
Today’s #coffee is a 50 50 blend of Ethiopian Mocha and Indian Mysore. I’ll let you know how it tastes!
The universal charger initiative is a really good idea http://bit.ly/bMRwe Micro-usb is the right choice, iPhone excepted.
Brilliant: Google’s implementation of Exchange, means Google Calendar and Contacts auto-sync with my ancient Pocket PC http://bit.ly/2ub3pc
Mmmm. Darjeeling Tea.
Checking out Linux netbooks. All suppliers; Dell, MSI, Lenovo have got this “Recommends Windows Vista” message. On a 1 GB RAM Netbook? LOL.
I’m glad I was forced to learn the basics of #vim due to a sparse server setup. It’s really good for editing 740 MB XML files.
Feels a bit milder and brighter over the weekend and today. Fingers crossed it will continue.
Making what my girlfriend describes as an ‘eat a rainbow’ meal. Load of veg in my Caribbean-style curry. No goat though.
Classic Boycott: There’ll be no #cricket today; only batting by England.
Ah well, got to get over my MacBook’s demise. How about some ironing? At least there’s TMS #cricket on the BBC Radio to soothe the soul.
Back from Apple Store without MacBook :( No quick fix. Still the worst case scenario is £635 repairs. Not bad - it cost me £599 new! Bargain
is a bit bored of Vortex and Klondike on the iPod.
At the Apple Store trying to get hold of a genius without an appointment. could be a wait.
ok so macbook seems brick
ok so macbook seems bricked. i turn on, optical drive spins, but no startup sound and screen blank. Help!