Things to fix in house, in BitBucket!
Inspired by an article in Wired, I've put all the bugs in my house on BitBucket. To see them, click on the issues link. To report a new bug you have to sign up to BitBucket, then create a new issue.
read moreInspired by an article in Wired, I've put all the bugs in my house on BitBucket. To see them, click on the issues link. To report a new bug you have to sign up to BitBucket, then create a new issue.
read moreI forgot to mention this in my last post on the Steve Jobs biography, but I was amused to read Jobs' views on PowerPoint:
read moreOne of the first things Jobs did during the product review process was ban PowerPoints. "I hate the way people use slide presentations instead of thinking …
I've had norovirus since Saturday night. That first night was the worst, and it got much better after the first 24 hours. Now I feel achy and tired. During my convalescence, I've been reading Walter Isaacson's biography of Steve Jobs, which I borrowed from Wayne at work, after I saw …
read moreAs you know, I've been a fan of Iain Banks since Karen at Uni lent me The Wasp Factory in maybe 1992. Looking in the library I saw a big fat book with a Culture style cover and so I borrowed it forthwith. I do like the Culture Minds and …
read moreSkydrive doesn't seem to work on my, admittedly old, iPhone. Disappointing!
read moreWent for a walk with Andy and family on Sunday.
A bit further on we encountered an angry farmer :-o
read moreI felt a need for some sci-fi and so I went to the library after work and miraculously it was open. There was a single Alasdair Reynolds that I hadn't read, Galactic North. I snapped it up and enjoyed a collection of novellas and short stories, all set in Revelation …
read moreAnd here's an old shirt that I'm throwing out because it's got holes in and people have started making comments about it. I always feel a bit emotional at clothes that were around when my Mum was alive.