Install Day

Posted on Mon 24 September 2007 in geek

I spent most of the day trying to re-create bugs in my release candidate. I hadn't had much success by half six and I had a bit of a headache coming on so I decided to get home relatively early. Unaccustomed to having quite so much free time I thought …


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Hoax?

Posted on Sat 22 September 2007 in misc • Tagged with politics

Via Bruce Schneier's site. Apparently wearing a flashing LED on your t-shirt is a good reason to use deadly force. Because we all know that real bombs are made with circuit board and flashing LED's. You always cut the red wire right?

Just don't read some of the commentary …


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Those smiley Irish eyes

Posted on Sat 22 September 2007 in general

You have to hand it to the Irish, despite watching a rather crushing defeat by the French in the rugby it didn't dampen their spirits. We stayed in O'Sheas after the match and enjoyed the band until we eventually left around half one in the morning. We caught up with …


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Pizza Mode

Posted on Thu 20 September 2007 in general

We entered Pizza mode this week to crunch through the 25 or so bugs that are currently gating the Beta release. By the end of Tuesday we'd gotten down to zero critical bugs and it looked good for another release candidate on Wednesday and I'd get home in time to …


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Bruised

Posted on Sun 16 September 2007 in general

Today is going to be a gentle one methinks. Fliss and I went paint-balling yesterday to celebrate Karl's (of Phil and Karl) birthday. Most of the 24 strong group ended up on one team playing a bunch of teenagers who seemed shocked at how we kept beating them. Of course …


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