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2008 Wrapup
01 January 2009
Read moreIts that time of year again, out with the old and in with the new. And 2008 was in fact a very exciting year, mostly professionally, and almost entirely unexpectedly.
I kicked off my year by getting my ZCE, which seemed like an excellent start. For my next trick, I …
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Birthday Time Again
05 December 2008
Read moreI'm not old enough to have stopped counting the years yet - and today is my birthday. I'm another year older and actually I think I am a bit wiser than I was this time last year - its been a busy one with a new job and some new experiences (public …
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My Sister's Graduation
23 September 2008
Read moreYesterday I attended my little sister's graduation ceremony - she has a BA in Early Childhood Studies from University College Birmingham and I am so proud of her I can't actually express it! She's worked hard to get to here and the path was not always smooth. I uploaded a selection …
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Daisy Unlocked on Mario Kart
10 August 2008
Read moreI am a big fan of pretty much anything Nintendo, particularly Zelda and Mario Kart. I loved mario kart doubledash and this was the first driving game I really got into (I still can't do technical driving games, only kiddy ones). So when Mario Kart was launched for Wii, we …
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Ever Feel Like You're Being Followed?
09 July 2008
Read moreI've been using twitter for quite a while now, around a year. And so far, its not going brilliantly.
The problem really is that I don't "get" twitter. I am not online 24/7 so I often only look at my feeds once per day. The conversation in twitter moves …
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A Wedding Weekend
22 June 2008
Read moreWe spent the weekend at the wedding of a friend of ours, where Kevin was the best man. Here's the two boys together before the ceremony itself:
The weather forecast was rather bad and although we didn't get weather as bad as we might have, it did rain on the …
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Seaside Sunset
19 February 2008
Read moreHere's the view from my hotel balcony yesterday evening:
So far the Netherlands is a great experience, my colleagues are friendly and its a lovely country to visit.
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European Adventure
17 February 2008
Read moreFor once it'll probably be pretty quiet around here next week. That's because I'm catching a ludicrously early plane to Amsterdam in the morning to spend a couple of days in the Ibuildings Vlissingen office, and then flying direct to London to work there the rest of the week.
There …
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Learning Dutch
12 February 2008
Read moreI now work for IBuildings who are really a Dutch company, and as a result I'm starting to realise it would be useful if I could manage a handful of Dutch phrases. My colleagues and other IRC friends from The Netherlands have all been very helpful and have promised to …
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LornaJane Moo Cards
08 February 2008
Read moreWhenever I attend a conference or other geeky gathering (GeekUp for example) I'm often asked for my card ... but I don't have one. I don't have work business cards, because only sales people need those, and I don't have personal ones because I don't freelance (or not usually). I finally …
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The Pitter-Patter of Tiny Paws
06 February 2008
Read moreWe are cat parents. Orbit is a gorgeous glossy and slightly ditsy boy cat belonging to Cally who has gone abroad for a while, so Orbit has come to live with us. I'm not sure exactly how he feels about this so far, its much noiser here than he's been …
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2007 Review
01 January 2008
Read moreI was going to skip the essay thing and just write a quick "Happy New Year" post, but then I read last year's entry and couldn't help remembering how far I've come in what is really a short space of time. Two years ago I had no job and was …