So last day at the office yesterday ( Read more... )

As some of you will know I had some unplanned time off a few weeks ago. This gave me some space to think and what I mostly thought is "why am I spending so much time in a job I really don't like?". Rather fortuitously I also sold my old flat at the same time. So, rather than sticking to the original plan and pouring all of the equity from the old ( Read more... )

Anyone know a good, friendly Oracle DBA that might be available this weekend?

Avast me hearties, hand me a flagon of grog whilst I tell ye' m'tale.
'Tis a tale of woe and of laughter. A long voyage across the t'intranet sea of ideas.

First I shall tell thee the tale of kroker who loved to knit.

Then I shall tell you the tale of those lily-livered landlubbers who pretend to be like us for one day a yearAnd then I shall. Arr... ( Read more... )

Got back from Budapest last night. Really good break but followed t_f & my usual city break pattern of spending 3-4 days going to see all the sights and 3-4 days doing very little. The city itself is lovely. Oddly not as old as it sometimes appears because it was heavily bombed in WWII and reconstructed after. Heavily in denial of the communist ( Read more... )

Attended an interesting talk last night about digital publishing. This was presented by an MD from one of the largest traditional business publishing houses. The viewpoint was therefore somewhat dominated by how such companies are protecting (or attempting to protect) their assets. How they are dealing with the huge cultural shift to an age where ( Read more... )

This is my last week in Hill House (just off Fleet Street, neatly triangulated between Farringdon, Chancery Lane and Blackfriars, up the road from Goldman Sachs and a short walk from De Beers (they have diamonds you know ( Read more... )

I'm home today whilst two electricians rewire the house.
It is very noisy here and I will shortly lose power for the rest of the day.

Just as well I booked this as holiday rather than pretending I'd wfh.

First sighting.
Large tabby.
Not too happy to see a human.
Probably disturbed his prey.

For some inexplicable reason this was in Neil Gaiman's blog today.

It explains why I've never met a Jack my own age. Jack and Jill seem to be moving in opposite cycles of popularity.