Tag: work
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LiveJournals
Many of my friends here in Aber seem to have their own weblogs on LiveJournal. I'm almost tempted to download the (open) source of LJ and set up AberJournal, a site for Aberites to post their journals to. Could be cool.
On which note, please go see:
This particular entry in Andy's journal, on account of it … -
Back From Lancashire, Continued
Spent the last four days in Lancashire and elsewhere in the North of England, visiting my folks (among other things). Details follow...
Friday 27th June 2003
Dan's Mum's House, Preston
Played on Claire's Nintendo GameCube with Claire, my mum, and sisters. I won at Mario Party 4.
Went to meet the managing director who'll be taking over from my … -
Clients Suck
Nothing sucks more than flogging yourself to meet a deadline and provide a stunning piece of software to a client who doesn't give a shit.
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Dreadful Deadlines
Just been working like a demon towards a 13:00 deadline this afternoon, delivering a piece of software to a client. Barely made it, but what a buzz!!! Celebrated with a pub lunch with two colleagues, Lisa (the SQL Queen) and Alex (the CodeMonkey, our office pet).
Claire called from Norfolk to say "Hi!" I'd have liked … -
Makes You Feel Stupid
Don't you feel really stupid when you plan to go via somewhere on the way to somewhere else, and completely forget about it. I managed that this morning: I'd put some keys in to get cut at the hardware shop around the corner from where I live, gone and bought my lunch from Somerfield, then …
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New Site Preps For Launch
The new version of AvAngel.com is under full developmental swing... and within a week or two it'll be uploaded. Of course, you know what we're like for deadlines, so don't hold your breath - but if you don't believe us, catch Dan online (e-mail him for his ICQ number) and he'll show you what he's …
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Cool Thing Of The Day
Cool And Interesting Thing Of The Day To Do At The University Of Wales, Aberystwyth, #50:
Sit up 'til 5:00am coding for a project that doesn't have to be in until a week on Friday. On the up side, discover the root cause of the bug that was holding back the progress of the Group Project, … -
Cool Thing Of The Day
Cool And Interesting Thing Of The Day To Do At The University Of Wales, Aberystwyth, #29:
Stay in and do some work.
Scary but true - this theoretically means that I haven't done this until now. Eek.
The 'cool and interesting things' were originally published to a location at which my "friends back home" could read them, during …