One thing I've been doing at work is an experiment to convert the source code repository from CVS to something a little newer. This has been more than a little challenging.

The main problem is the tool cvsps is quite hungry for memory, especially on the rather large repository I'm …

I'm not sure what did it but I upgraded the firmware on my phone last week and this week I noticed the "My Location" option now works on Google Maps while running on the phone. I haven't been able to find a Changelog for the firmware version (Dave/Sheila/Jo …

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 …

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 …

I've updated the picture on my homepage to make it a little more contemporary. Credit's for the image go to Chris Flemming who took it during the recent weekend in Scotland. It turns out to be possible to get good pictures of me :-)