This morning I found myself waiting for the kettle to boil in company with Kat, who works on reception. She's nice enough, and I always say hello when I go past in the morning, but we don't know each other all that well. We made friendly small talk about the weather and such-like. And I concealed the truth from her ( Read more... )

It seems like I only ever blog when something really big happens or when I'm unhappy. This is because I primarily use my blog to vent, these days - it's become less a chronicle of my life and more a way of letting off steam. To redress the balance a little bit, here are some good things that are going on ( Read more... )

Today I am writing Java. And that's not even the low point of my day.

*sigh*

Does anyone else feel awed and scared when they type the error they're getting into google and get no results? I wouldn't say the internet is my first resort when trying to solve technical problems, but once I've exhausted the obvious lines of enquiry I generally have a poke around to see what other people in the same situation have said ( Read more... )

I'm not so good at updating lately, for a variety of reasons to do with being crazy busy and also having wounded two fingers (more on that on the wedding blog at some point ( Read more... )

I'm sure that the geeks reading this are probably thinking "isn't that an oxy-moron?", but they're wrong. These days, Fortran has many of the features you need to program in a modern style, including such new-fangled ideas as object-orientation, parallel processing and pointer manipulation ( Read more... )

In other news, if you haven't yet received your invitation to our wedding, that's because we haven't finished making them. I know some people have been discreetly enquiring as to whether they might have got lost in the mail, but the truth is we've been very busy with the house move and various other things, and we're behind on making cards. Unless ( Read more... )

So when does a general feeling of dissatisfaction and malaise cross the line into out-and-out depression? About 15 minutes ago, I think ( Read more... )

It's time for me to admit something that I have always kept secret. I don't really know why; maybe I'm maturing. Maybe my mind is disintegrating under the weight of all the doubts about my career. Maybe I'm so bored I'd say anything. Maybe I want to practice my one-handed typing (I'm getting pretty fast ( Read more... )

I have a medical condition which severely impacts my ability to live a normal life. Most of the time it's in remission and I can mingle into the crowd, laughing and joking with my peers and pretending I'm just like them. Other times, such as now, it halves my productivity and makes it impossible for me to carry out many everday activities. And yet ( Read more... )