i have booked myself up for lotusphere ’04. this will be my fourth ‘sphere (i also went in ’99, ’00, and ’03) but my first where i am actually staying at the dolphin which is the hotel the conference is based in. it means i’ll be able to partake in a few more beers than …
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precursor
it was quite a relaxing weekend all told in anticipation of a not so relaxing one next week when i have to work right though. finally got around to seeing the renake of the italian job which was nothing like the original but still managed to have some pretty good car chases. i’m glad they …
tools
i have bought a few new tools and books this week, without exception they are extremely useful so in no particular order: textpad screen taker t he mythical man month: essays on software engineering r apid development: taming software schedules p eopleware: productive projects and teams you may notice a theme in the books. we …
uber-office
joel spolsky runs his own company which has just moved offices. he was determined to make sure that it was the perfect programmer’s office and from this article i’d say he has got pretty damned close. it’s difficult to explain to non-programmers how annoying it is working in an office where there is a constant …
stuff
i have just been to stufflive at the olympia exhibition centre in london. stuff is a gadget magazine and i was in hogs heaven at the show. lots of shiny gadgets which were just crying out to be bought. i managed to hold myself back but several bits and pieces have found their way onto …
leprechaun
leprechaun hurling has been banned in new zealand. just another example of the nanny state over-extending itself?
quiet
i have been pretty quiet recently, mainly because there just aren’t enough hours in the day. pressure is really being mounted up in the office and i always seem to have a huge to-do list at home as well. although none if it is particularly exciting. one of the relatively interesting things i am looking …
dinner
after getting back from london to ipswich last night, i headed straight off to cambridge for dinner with some friends. it was an excellent evening just catching up on events. today the weather is still excellent, this has to be one of the best summer / autumns that i can remember, it has been consistently …
decision
a family friend is off to ucl at the start of the next academic year and was asking about what laptop to buy. she would have very different requirements to me; not requiring huge amounts of disk, processor or memory (or the other gadgets such as sd and wi-fi which have become so important to …
soul?
this is just a tad heretical but you can’t deny they are offering a good price!
Matt White 