This blog is mainly private. I use it for communicating with friends. I occasionally cross post articles from my public blog when I think people on here may be interested by them. But if you want to see what geekery I've been up to; where I've gone to visit; events I have attended; and wot not you probably what to read my other blog. Leave a comment  2 

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Yes this year has been mad. My last post here was at the end of March. Makerfaire was over and I was preparing for The Embedded Linux Conference in San Francisco. Well I did come back from the US. Eventually. The intention was to go out for a couple of weeks but I ended up staying until May thanks to the Volcano with the unpronounceable name ( Read more... )

Shortly after I was interviewed for the Beeb I was filmed by RainyCat, a BBC producer, for her personal project. Here's the video she published to you tube. I look fat in it :-( but you can see some of my stuff.

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I know it seems as though I've dropped off the face of the earth lately. I've been very quiet on LJ and not been frequenting as many club nights as I normally do. Its because I've been working hard for this year's Makerfaire.


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I'm back in the US in April as I'm speaking in a Conference in San Francisco (This one. I'm also attending thisI'd like to come over for more than just the conference so I can meet up with everyone. I was thinking of coming over a few days before and leaving a few days after but since the previous weekend is a holiday over here I'm wondering ( Read more... )

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So I've been sucked in to the world of Azaeroth. I've not been this engrossed in a game since playing Elite almost non stop when I was young.

I currently have three characters I play so I thought I would introduce them.


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I cleaned the snakes' vivariums out. Although I check for poo regularly they're very good at hiding it. So I regularly change all the bedding material. It can smell quite horrible.


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The sign outside of Baa Ram Ewe, an awesome knit shop in Headlingly, which holds a knitting group each Thursday. Lots of fun.


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