When people used to ask me what I did, I used to say “I’m a solutions architect specialising in eCommerce and distributed systems”, this invariably earned blank looks (and killed many a conversation with a potential date). Over time I have learnt to simply say “I do computer stuff” and if asked “what type of [...]
For the first time in human history the Arctic can now be circumnavigated.
Satellite pictures taken last week show that the north-west and north-east passages have opened up due to the retreating polar cap.
Not so good !
About to start upgrading my blog to use version 2.6 of Wordpress.
May be some disruption :)
Update: Well that didn’t go too badly.
I did seem to lose all my category titles so I had to edit each category and reenter the categorie’s title. However the edit links didn’t work (since they use the category names [...]
I’m in the midst of transferring my domain to a new registrar (to consolidate things) but there seems to be some major mix up going on and the transfer keeps failing :(
So this site might drop off the web for a wee while…
Summer seems to finally here and whilst waiting for Portal to finish downloading, I thought I’d update my blog’s theme.
Turns out there are tons out there but not that many that look good and do a “fluid” layout well. I was tempted to start fresh and build my own using these free blank templates [...]
So I decided (after much pressure from my workmates) to do Movember again. Which if you don’t know “is a moustache growing charity event held during November each year.
At the start of Movember guys register with a clean shaven face. The Movember participants known as Mo Bros then have the remainder of the month to [...]
Back at work now for a couple of weeks which is OK but not quite as fun as being in the USA :)
Have been playing with ZBrush 3.1 for which there was a free upgrade. Its very very nice I’ll put some stuff up here once I do anything interesting. Also got the upgrade for [...]
Alright I’ve updated my blog software and started a brand new, more sophisticated blog. I’m using the WordPress software.
The content of my old blog can be found here. I’ll be porting the post from the old blog over shortly.
to my corner of the web. A little soapbox for me to stand on and rant. Hopefully you will find something useful or interesting here.
My recent Diggs