Musings on the world of software from the sharp end of the long tail
Posted in personal on Mar 28th, 2008
Later this year I would have been celebrating 9 years (9 YEARS !!) at Sun. I would, that is, if I hadn’t gone and got myself a new job elsewhere – which is precisely what I have done. So today I’m celebrating 8 years, 5 months and 8 days at Sun; and about 6 months [...]
Posted in personal on Mar 22nd, 2008
DSC_6253.JPG Originally uploaded by sharps Yesterday, good Friday, we spent the day exploring some of the coast around Wilmington. Specifically we went to Carolina Beach, Kure, Fort Fisher (including a quick stop at the aquarium), then up to Wrightsville Beach for dinner at the Oceanic (great fish and chips). In a couple of weeks time [...]
Posted in personal on Mar 7th, 2008
Over the last couple of weekends (and a few evenings) I’ve been doing some low-tech hacking. North Carolina is currently experiencing a pretty bad drought. Where I live (in Cary) things are much less severe than neighbouring Raleigh and Durham- but there’s still a mandatory hosepipe ban. Blame it on the changing climate, over-expansion or [...]
Just this morning at least 6 people have already asked me who I got into a fight with. So let me expain for once and for all. Last night playing soccer, I went up for a header and clashed heads with an opponent which rendered me unconscious in mid-air. Landing-gear out of action; my fall [...]
Posted in personal on Feb 27th, 2008
I thought I’d give WordPress a spin after 4 years of my Roller-powered Sun Blog . So far, so good – the editor is especially nice.