Blog
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Recruiter blacklist: Sapphire Technologies
I applied for a job advertised by these recruit-scum. Turns out they're flogging training, not jobs. I didn't hear from them, and saw the same ads getting posted day after day so I assumed there was s…
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What happens when you microwave silica gel?
Found in a can of "Mexican spicy peanuts" from Thailand, one of those little packets of dessicant. As well as the usual "Do not eat" notice, it also says "Do not microwave". Talk about red rag to a bu…
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These spammers try everything
Wow these spammers are tenacious. I woke up this morning with a bunch of spam sent through my contact form, which was built specifically to avoid spammers getting my email address. Interesting that th…
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Mobical
I've been using a mobile phone calendaring service for the last six months or so. It's really rather good because it integrates into the Nokia calendar I use on my Nokia 6630, and you can synchronize…
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Clueless web designers are everywhere
Martin Brooks is audbly seething about clueless web designers who can't even write browser detection Javascript that works across all the (narrow range) of Windows browsers they support. These people…
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Summer Lamb Couscous Salad
This is a quick and easy summer salad that I've been making for years. It's tasty, healthy and dead easy to make. I find it's particularly suited to those long, hot summer evenings when you don't want…
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Spotted in Gladesville, Sydney
Spotted on Victoria Road, Gladesville. Can't say I disagree with the sentiment.
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Got some work
I've finally got myself a job, doing content management at AAPT. Should be an interesting gig. It's interesting it's taken me a while to get work. The usual experience of recruit-scum being all hot fo…
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Problem with dates on the new feed?
Steve pointed out that all the dates on my new RSS 2.0 said 1970 something or other. The template said $rss20::utc_date so I've replaced it with $da $mo $yr $ti. We'll see. Please report any problems.…
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Now with valid RSS
I've finally got aroud to fixing the problematic RSS on my Blosxom blog. Thanks to Andrew Cowie's RSS 2.0 plugin and flavour files, it now outputs valid RSS 2.0. Get the new feed here. Planet peoples,…
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Plans for the next week or so
We're going to be in Sydney, staying at my parents' place in Gladesville, this week. We'll both be doing the job hunt thing and hanging about looking after my Dad who's got some back problems at the m…
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Crown Seal Longnecks
Coopers have gone back to using crown seal caps for their longneck bottles. This is a real boon for homebrewers, who for some years haven't been able to buy anything but imported beer that can be refi…
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New site design
After four years with the old design, I've finally got around to redesigning my site. This time around I've used CSS for layout, which was one of those things I've been planning to do for a long time.…
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Made it to Australia
Well we made it to Sydney yesterday. The flight was uneventful and we spent the day with family. Was lovely to see everyone again. Mum and Dad are now on their way to London, we dropped them at the ai…
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Leaving London
Well we're leaving London tonight at 22:30 local time. We've got mixed feelings about the move. After six years in London, it's a pretty big move to up stumps and head to the other side of the world,…
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Lovely newspeak from the UK Treasury
Under the heading " Pension Tax Simplification " you can read all about the complicated new rules that have been introduced this year. Orwell had nothing on these guys. Reading around with the experts…
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Homeward bound
So we've been in London since Tuesday, staying with Rachel. We've booked our flight back to Sydney for 3rd September, arriving the morning of 5th September. We'll probably spend the day with my parent…
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Heard this morning at Stockwell tube station
"For your safety this station is fitted with recorded closed circuit television cameras." Well that's about time isn't it?
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Heading home
We're going home after five months on the road. Our flight to London leaves on Tuesday afternoon from Sofia. We'll organize our flight to Sydney when we get there, but should be in London 10-14 days o…
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Cornflake breaded chicken?
The picture to the right shows a rather odd meal Holly ordered in Sofia. She was expecting some kind of schnitzel, but ended up with a cornflake-coated chicken thing instead of breadcrumbs. Weird! We'…