Category: personalPage 2 of 3

(was) small sayings

This is the full version: N: “What’s the next number in this sequence…” E (interrupting): “7” N: “…” N: “Err, yes.” The best bit is that she was,…

on being accurate

A quote from a meeting at work earlier today: P: So, will this be a complete audio/visual presentation ? S: Yes. It’ll be me, talking. Geeks – pfft….

messing with purchase prediction software

A few years ago Tesco caused a stir with their loyalty card and the use of purchase histories to offer targeted coupons to users of the cards, which…

last.fm widget

The ‘local noise’ entry in the sidebar is now active with last.fm‘s Flash based widget and shows the most recent tracks I’ve been listening too. Not that exciting,…

no suprise to anyone that knows me, then

Well, hubert put his score up, so I decided to have a go: Oh dear – and the more worrying thing is that I know I could have…

things i have learnt today

In no particular order: Although OmniGraffle 2.2 is very outdated, it makes short shrift of flow charts, especially when using Lucida Grande 9pt text and frequent use of…

all time is relative, lunch time doubly so

The eldest is having her first sleepover, and an argument was in full swing that needed some intercession: R: Nicci, how many hours are there in a day…

touting for work

I’ve been a bit remiss in terms of keeping my CV (or resumé, if you prefer) up-to-date, but it’s now on-line in all it’s hacked up CSS glory….

i love photoshop. i hate photoshop

How to Add a Border to a Picture in Photoshop – eHow.com: http://www.ehow.com/how_6395_add-border-picture.html Ok, so I’m only talking about Photoshop Elements 3 (or 2) here, and without it…

risking it all

This morning I found an email waiting for me from some friends who have been setting up an on-line store: Childrens toys, clothes, gifts and accessories, For Fun…

updated gallery

3 years and it’s still not quite right… Still, it’s better than before, and even has some more recent stuff but none of it has been retouched in…

art parodying life, imitating art

It’s difficult to describe what it is, exactly, I find so annoying and slightly more than a little distateful about any sort of reunion but most especially school…

maybe I shouldn’t bother with that pilot training

UserFriendly Strip 04sep04: http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20040904&mode=classic Oh dear. That is so me… Perhaps it’s a good idea that I’m not going to start learning anytime soon.

possibly poetry

I originally wrote this a few years ago as an email to describe the joys of my day at work and was accused of poetry. I’m not sure,…

things i really must get around to doing: No. 71835

Vietnamese Iced Coffee: http://coffeefaq.com/coffaq7.htm#VietIcedCoffee and: http://www.recipesource.com/ethnic/asia/vietnamese/00/rec0005.html I’ve only had it once on a trip to Cupertino, and it was the first (and only) time that iced coffee has…