Monthly Archives: January 2005

Reading Andy’s post on mixed feelings for Firefox, and continuing my attempt to loosen Micro$oft’s hold on me… I’m leaving one bank because its internet banking doesn’t support Firefox. Their response to my request for Firefox support was “use IE6”. … Continue reading →

This weekend, I installed Ubuntu on my home PC. It’s a bit buggy, but I have high hopes for it. Mostly it’s buggy because I don’t know what I’m doing, but I’m encouraged by the amount of help appearing online. … Continue reading →

I’m writing a series of fantasy novels. At the beginning of October, I finally reached the chapter halfway through the second book which I’d been looking forward to writing for a long while. I sat on the train, pen poised … Continue reading →

An Executor is someone who deals with people’s lives after they’re dead. An Executioner is someone who renders people dead. Strangely, they both execute. What a pity this code doesn’t.

Last night I went to the XtC, where I met a bunch of very interesting people and discussed best coding practices and haiku. We decided that while it would be lovely to see comments in haiku-esque form throughout code, to … Continue reading →

Finally, I will be joining the likes of Martin Fowler et al as a paid, published writer. Two of my poems have been selected for Star*Line, the Science Fiction Poetry Association magazine, and will hopefully be appearing in print later … Continue reading →

I’ve started going through my Hellbound project and replacing some of the mocks I’ve been using in JBehave with real code. This means, of course, that the functional tests which relied on the mocks for verification don’t do anything any … Continue reading →

My current pair Dan and I got into a discussion about blame cultures. He told me about a meeting he was once in, in which the boss said, “We don’t want to start a blame culture.” “Yes,” said another employee, … Continue reading →

When I started here, I was secretly concerned. How could I ever hope to match my new colleagues’ motivation, let alone their technical skill? How could I find the time to mess with projects outside of work, and the passion … Continue reading →

Oh, Lotus Notes. I was rude to you In December. You ate my email. Isn’t that revenge enough For those words? Don’t hang like that. Don’t leave me with no choice but To kill you. I pity you. You’ve never … Continue reading →