Exchange the root of All Evil

Posted on Tue 18 March 2008 in misc • Tagged with development

It seems MS Exchange really is as bad as I've heard. Thankfully Evolution can talk to the in-coming/out-going mail bits of Exchange. It also happily slurps up invites and adds them to it's own calender view (which I assume I can publish somewhere that Google Calender could slurp). However …


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Day One

Posted on Mon 17 March 2008 in misc • Tagged with development

Today has been a busy first day. The journey in was surprisingly easy, so much so I beat my new boss into the office. A brief chat with H.R. was quickly followed diving straight into the technical details of the system and where the product I'll be responsible for …


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Bright Lights, Big City

Posted on Fri 14 March 2008 in geek • Tagged with bbc, iplayer

We headed down to London last night to meet up with some of Fliss' old friends for a few drinks and a meal. As we wondered past the bright lights of Piccadilly Circus I saw the adverts flashing up on the multi-media advertising for the BBC's iPlayer, now available for …


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Government of all the Gimmicks

Posted on Tue 11 March 2008 in misc • Tagged with politics

Today's latest big idea to get pupils to swear allegiance to the country every morning US style is yet another example of political gimmickry that I'm starting to increasingly associate with this government. It works in the US because of the strong association people have with their shared (relatively new …


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Daywatch

Posted on Tue 11 March 2008 in general

I watched the rather excellent Daywatch last night. The production values and Grime-Fi approach of the story is a real refreshing change from the your usual modern day fantasy fare. I have to say I'm surprised it's planned out as a trilogy though.

I was so tired after my very …


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