del.icio.us links not a good idea for a blog

Posted on 10/05/2006.

I am getting rid of these damn delicious links. They are making my blogging output seem a little sparse. Besides, why not just subscribe to the RSS link at delicious if you want to know what I'm finding? Or better still, send me your delicious id and what you are interested in, and I will [...]

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Daft fortunism of the day

Posted on 12/04/2006.

Here is a simple experiment that will teach you an important electrical
lesson: On a cool, dry day, scuff your feet along a carpet, then reach your
hand into a friend's mouth and touch one of his dental fillings.  Did you
notice how your friend twitched violently and cried out in pain?  This
teaches us that electricity can be [...]

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A new end/beginning

Posted on 11/04/2006.

Well, LinkMe is coming to an end. Not literally - just my involvement in it. Yes, I am off again to a new place. This time it is Readify - a smallish consultancy that specialises in emerging .NET technologies. They were recommended to me by Frank Arrigo, the group manager of the Microsoft Australian Evangelists, [...]

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Gorgeous Work

Posted on 4/04/2006.

This sculpture is entirely handmade, by Mark Ho. The sculpture reminds me so much of the 50s illustrations by Chris Foss for Isaac Asimov's robots books.

I love the organic look of it. It looks less a machine contorted into human form than the reverse. 

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Some new themes.

Posted on 30/03/2006.

No, not display themes in my blog. I'm going to start some new themes on design and development issues. There's a few things that I felt I ought to give a systematic treatment to.  I've had a few conversations lately that brought my mind back to the issues of code generation and its related patterns. [...]

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My favourite site today

Posted on 30/03/2006.

http://acmicpc-live-archive.uva.es/nuevoportal/first.php is a site of computer science and algorithmics problems that are published by the ACM. There are some very interesting problems in here. I haven't taken a look at any of the solutions, but this could be a very useful resource.

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Another Source of British Pride?

Posted on 29/03/2006.

In a conversation I had with a colleague, it came to light that the British have another reason to be proud of their national heritage. As you may know, they were the nation that invented the queue. they take to the queue as ducks take to water, and queueticette is installed in their youth from [...]

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The LinkMe Xmas Do 2005

Posted on 21/12/2005.

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Originally uploaded by Andrew Matthews.
Here's Kerry and I after a great evening at the LinkMe christmas do.
I must admit that it's a pleasant change to go to one of these things and have a good time, especially since for years I have adopted the "forge no ties" policy to my clients.
Oh, and the food was [...]

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I am a father - of two.

Posted on 5/10/2005.

It's been five days already, and the urge has come upon me to write a blog entry to say what's been going on.
Friday afternoon I got a call from Kerry saying that she'd had a 'show'. Naturally I wondered whether it was a cabaret or the normal sort. It turned out to be a whole [...]

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Roman Page Mnemonic?

Posted on 17/08/2005.

This is my memory jogger for Rome. I guess this isn’t the sort of thing you post to the public, since each of these phrases has relevance to Kerry and Me, since we were there. Q: Do any of these evoke thoughts of your own? 

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