End to End Connectivity

Posted on Wed 16 December 2009 in general • Tagged with chromium, emacs, extensions, house, javascript

We had a slight degree of excitement this evening when we got home. All the power was out and the refrigerating appliances were slowing defrosting. Due to the randomness of the breakers tripping we thought it was the boiler. As it happened it was a earth-neutral leakage that was causing …


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Meta Meme

Posted on Fri 11 December 2009 in general • Tagged with meme, meta

I thought I'd jump in with the current meta-meme which if I understand the rules correctly is the first line from the first post of each month:

Jan: Rockbox happily made it through the New Years Eve gathering without frustrating anyone with its occasional rough edges.
Feb: True to Hofstader …

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Exploring Budapest

Posted on Thu 03 December 2009 in general • Tagged with budapest, tourist, travel

After finishing work around midday I took advantage of the rest of the day to go and do a little exploring around town. There is a handy tourist bus which does a 24 hour ticket and runs a continuous loop around the principle tourist points. Hopefully I'll get a second …


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That was quick

Posted on Wed 02 December 2009 in general • Tagged with hungary, tourist, travel, work

I've spent about 4 hours traveling today and about 3 hours in the clients offices. Everything went fairly smoothly and despite occasional language impeadence I've only gained an extra 3-4 feature requests, none of which should be too tricky to implement. I'll probably pop into our local partners office tomorrow …


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Waterfalls

Posted on Mon 23 November 2009 in general • Tagged with house, plumbing, rugby

We spend Saturday visiting the big smoke for a birthday party and house warming. For Graeme's birthday we frequented a cordoned off area of an Ausie Sports bar to watch the two Rugby international. England where predictably beaten although managed to hold onto their dignity up until the last twenty …


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