Day One in the New Company House....

Posted on Mon 17 January 2005 in general

First impressions: definitely a High-Geek company. To give you an idea the after work pub conversation covered such diverse topics as: pixel shader pipelines, Tivo hacking, why ARM assembler is l33t, Oggs on iPods, iMac Mini's compared to Baby-ITX systems. So you see, High-Geek indeed.

My first day was relatively …

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Fun Anyone?

Posted on Mon 17 January 2005 in general

I must of been a little apprehensive that I wouldn't enjoy the LARP weekend after my few months hiatus. I had written "Fun?" as the last item on Fridays To Do list. In the event I had a great time including flexing my military control during the dungeon (someone has …


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Holiday!

Posted on Fri 14 January 2005 in general

Today I have been taking advantage of my one day off by getting up earlier than normal and heading into town. I had to pick up a few things such as a Metro pass and some super glue. I took the opportunity to do some phone shopping while I was …


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Last Day on the 'morrow

Posted on Wed 12 January 2005 in general

Tomorrow is my last day at my current job. The rush of jobs is trickling to a close with the realisation that some things are just going to have to be left hanging. I hope I've passed on enough Linux-Fu, teach a man to fish and all that.... I wish …


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Its a Flying Thing

Posted on Tue 11 January 2005 in general

I went to see The Aviator with Anne last night. The film is about aviation pioneer and "eccentric" Howard Hughes who was responsible for the legendary Spruce Goose amongst other things. The film was very long but I thought did a good job at demonstrating the fine line between madness …


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