October 11, 2012
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Years and years ago, possibly when in Seattle visiting the ASP.NET team, I set up a Windows LiveID account and stupidly set it to the US region. This wasn’t a problem until two years ago when I got my WP7 … Continue reading
October 24, 2011
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This weekend was GiveCamp, a global weekend of charitable software development, organised in the UK by Rachel Hawley and Paul Stack. No one really knew what to expect, least of all Rachel and Paul, who’ve put in a monumental amount … Continue reading
February 25, 2010
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I’ve been a big fan of PVRs for years, buying a TiVo for the few months they were available in the UK. I retired that and bought an Acer Aspire iDea 500 as soon as it was released in 2006, … Continue reading
March 20, 2008
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Banks are quite possibly the least customer oriented organisations, not matter what their advertising tells you. I hate the whole money transfer process that takes 3 days, but it’s even worse today. I’ve just tried to transfer some money from … Continue reading
March 3, 2008
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So Alex has broken the news; he’s taken the blue pill. Alex has been working for the Patterns and Practices group at Microsoft on contract for some time, writing documentation for products such as Enterprise Library and the application blocks. … Continue reading
January 18, 2008
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I’m right and Phil isn’t. Phil denies this and says it’s fabricated, but it’s true I tell you. Look:
January 17, 2008
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In the post Christmas sale bonanza, I took advantage of Play‘s monster bargains and bought some CDs, most under £3 and all under £5; it’s a good time to get a few older discs that you’ve never quite got around … Continue reading
October 2, 2006
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October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, so ipona has gone pink for October.
September 12, 2006
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I was in B&Q this afternoon, looking for a tester pot of paint and discovered how incredibly stupid their system is. It used to be that all of the Dulux paint was in one aisle, the Crown stuff in another … Continue reading
February 2, 2006
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I usually have no interest in these sort of things, but you can learn alot about people form this one. And it’s harder than you think. Four job’s I’ve had: Unix System Programmer Windows Application Developer Microsoft Trainer Writer Four … Continue reading