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Today was a good day.
Today (ok, technically yesterday) was a good day, especially in retrospect, sitting here watching videos helping me to visualise the fourth dimension and chatting with sessifet25 about this and other things ( Read more... ) -
Idiocracy
You know how 1984 was always upheld as a dystopian future, yet recent governments have seemed to view it more as an instruction manual? Well, I've noticed a similar thing with Idiocracy. Compare and contrast a clip from the film with a reality. And as far as I can work out (barring simple fear of litigation), the app makers are dead seriousAlso, ( Read more... ) -
The job
I didn't get it. -
Interview
As some of you may or may not know, I had an interview with my most recent employer this afternoon for a role which is a step up from what I was doing. I think it went well, but it's never easy to tell with behavioural interview questions. I was able to answer all their questions, including the really awkward-bastard ones, while turning situations ( Read more... ) -
Dropbox [Geek]
Dropbox is awesome. I use it to keep files in sync between computers (you can even download your files from a secure website if you want to). If you sign up using this link, we both get a bonus 250MB on top of the free 2GB storage ( Read more... ) -
Day 1
Yes, okay, yesterday should technically have been day one, but I was busy doing a rush-handover ( Read more... ) -
Well I suppose I should write something here about this.
Today I got given 2 weeks notice of risk of redundancy. This will be the second time at this place; 2 years ago was the first time ( Read more... ) -
D&D Game [D&D Game]
This (and any future posts) will be marked with [D&D Game] in the subject to allow those who are not interested to skip over them.
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Dear Diary...
It's been a long time since I last wrote. Mainly because I haven't really felt like writing in you. Since I last wrote, lots of things have happened, but also nothing much. What has inspired me to write now is the fact that recently I went to the Discworld convention. This was.. different. I didn't know many of the people there very well, and I ( Read more... ) -
The trouble with time off is...
...you get the temptation to spend money. I've had several somewhat disappointing attempts over the last few years to get a machine that is silent and easy to use that will play 1080p video through my home theatre. ( But each attempt has lead to a refinement... )