So, turns out I've had a dreamwidth account since 2009 (same name as here). Guess I'd better import my stuff over there since everyone else is moving, huh? :)

My pet personal tech project can now compile this to a working 64-bit Windows executable:

extern USER32.DLL:MessageBoxA(Uint64 hwnd, Byte^ text, Byte^ caption, Uint64 type)
extern KERNEL32.DLL:ExitProcess(Uint64 val)

Byte^ text = "Hello World"
MessageBoxA(0, text, text, 0)
ExitProcess(42)
(it already does the equivalent on Linux with raw ( Read more... )

I have a house (A three-bedroom end terrace which is way more house than I need, but it allows cats, so gotta take what I can get - plus it has a fenced in back patio so I can actually let the Fangster out). Got a pay rise. Life is same old same old really ( Read more... )

Still trying to find somewhere new to live since my current landlady is selling where I'm living right now ( Read more... )

18 months or so since this happened, my new landlady is also selling the house I'm currently living in. So I've got to find somewhere else by June 10th (that allows pets; that's always the tricky bit it seems ( Read more... )

Well, 2014 is drawing to a close. It's been a stable kind of year; I'm now just past my second year at Sophos. Technically this means I now have the right to take them to an employment tribunal if they mess me around! Fortunately, that's not likely to happen. It's a really nice company to work for, actually; not at all what I expected of working ( Read more... )

Probably because not much has happened; same old same old. I now live in a two-bedroom bungalow (spare bedroom awaiting furniture to become a place to mess about with robots and/or painting little plastic mans); much nicer than the previous place, no damp, and my landlady seems a decent sort too. The job continues fine; it's the annual pay review ( Read more... )

I shall think of you tonight as I munch on my Austerity Thanksgiving Dinner (ham-flavoured-turkey and swiss cheese toastie) :)

Looks like I can move paying the deposit and first month's rent on my new place to the beginning of next month, after I get paid. Considering that's an eyewatering total of £2685 ($4329 in Leftpondian terms), that's just as well; it means I can afford to, like, have food and stuff ( Read more... )

Barring the usual credit check, previous landlord's reference, &c I shall be moving here at the beginning of next month ( Read more... )