Tag: smartdata
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Swimming To Work
Dan's coworker Gareth leaves a window open and floods the office.
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Hospitals
My Gran's been taken into hospital: we could've seen that coming when we visited while up that end of the country for my cousin's wedding. She'd protested about the possibility of being admitted then, stating that "she'd been in hospital three times before and they hadn't managed to kill her yet," which is an interesting …
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SmartData (And French Visitors) Night Out
Dan and his co-workers (and plus-ones) go out drinking.
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SmartData On BBC News Online
From an article on the BBC:
SmartData UK aims to create software and database solutions.
Company spokesman Gareth Hopkins said: "The move to Technium Aberystwyth has facilitated an expansion of the company and we believe this opportunity will open up a whole range of possibilities.
"The package offered by the Technium will assist us in creating more jobs … -
Things That Have Been Happening
I've had a couple of moderately hectic days, and somehow haven't found time to tell you all about them yet. Let's see what I can remember:
The Tale Of Troma Night 50
Troma Night 50 was a success: a chance to re-watch some of the films that made Troma Night's 1 and 2 so... bizarre. And it … -
Aber Graduates Earn Least In UK
This is just fucking weak: the average salary of an Aberystwyth graduate is just £12,968... the lowest in the UK. And on this crappy 'probationary period', that's still more than I earn. Fucking shitty.
Feeling unmotivated now. Not getting enough work done. -
Dan Breaks The Internet… Again
Whoops. You'd have thought I'd have learnt my lesson when I fucked around with BIND last year, and 'broke' a small portion of the internet, but no. I managed to 'break the internet' again while playing with the Domain Name System settings on big. That's why Scatmania was inaccessible for the last day or so …
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Dreams Within Dreams Within Dreams
Last night I had a very odd dream, with references to previous (recurring) dreams, interspersed with appearances from people I've met since:
The dream begins in rough marshy ground. There is a dredger visible in the distance, but only one of it's two pumps appears to be working. I'm there with Claire, and we're trying … -
You Know Your Program Is Convoluted When…
...the client calls up and says, "I'm not sure if this is a bug... or a feature... but -"
Bovini is fucking scary these days. -
Frustrating
How frustrating is it to write 5 CDs for clients, only to discover an error in some SQL scripts on them that mean that they won't work outside of the development LAN... <grr>
It's the world rebalancing the good and bad things, I guess. Making up for last night's wild rampant sex tour of the flat … -
Some Days You’re The Statue; Some Days You’re The Pigeon
I'm at the office. It's almost 5pm. So far today I've achieved what should be estimated as approximately 7 days work. Some days the code just flows. I like being me.
On the other hand, it may be that I've just written the wrong 7 days worth of code - as in; the 7 days worth … -
First Aid
Yesterday was a long day. After nine hours at work, had two and a half hours of First Aid refresher training at Aberystwyth ambulance station.
On the upside, I'd forgotten how subtly dark paramedics' sense of humour can be... when one particularly overmoral woman expressed concern at a particular element of the training: "But they could … -
Smart Alex
Alex, my incompetent co-worker, came up with the following gem in today's meeting when talking about a product that would aid employers in securely tracking how long their employees actually spend working:
"It's not going to have any of that... security... nonsense."
I shall have to beat him to death later.
P.S. told you that this thing was … -
Second Place
I came second in the Cymru Prosper Wales "Enterprising Student" competition, which earned me £100, this morning. Pretty much made my late night and early morning worthwhile. Now I'm back at the office. Needed to come in this afternoon to deploy a new version of a piece of software to a client.
Think I pissed Claire … -
Early
Like Kit, I woke up surprisingly early. Then decided to go back to sleep and as such will now be late for work. Ah well.
Need to get ready for a presentation I have to give at the Park Hall Hotel tomorrow as my contribution to the Cymru Prosper Wales scheme, which funds small businesses in …