Archive for the ‘Personal’ Category

Comedy web ordering with the Carphone Warehouse….

Sunday, November 30th, 2008

Image via Wikipedia I’ve just tried to order my son a new LG Cookie for Christmas from the Carphone Warehouse. Tried being the operative word here. I’m absolutely amazed at how we’re still struggling to get the whole on line ordering experience right. ...

Designer stereotypes?

Tuesday, November 18th, 2008

Where did that whole designer stereotype come from? I was amazed to see that it’s still alive and kicking when this pair of black turtleneck sweaters dropped into my inbox! When I was heavily involved in the games industry, you could spot a designer a mile away. Strangely enough ...

10,000 Visitors!

Saturday, June 28th, 2008

How one earth did that happen? Someone has to be messing with my stats! I didn't think this muck was that interesting. Really. See, my wife is wrong when she says I have no friends. Do virtual friends count? :)

I’m A WINNER - free iPod!

Wednesday, May 14th, 2008

Well, not how I'd have phrased it but still. Sounds more like a Nigerian 419. But still........  I'VE WON AN iPod! Yup. Really. An iPod!! I submitted an idea into a program we have here @ EDS, and the best ideas are chosen and then awarded a ...

An evening with Derren Brown, and the Agile Manifesto

Wednesday, March 19th, 2008

What a show. The man is simply amazing, magic or psychology, it doesn't really matter, the end result is both stunning and completely mystifying. Some of the show was obvious trickery like the levitating spirit table), but in my opinion that didn't detract at all, in fact, I think ...

Cloverfield!

Friday, February 1st, 2008

Wow, what a film. JJ Abrams - the boy done good. To do this film justice you need to see it on a screen as large as possible, but more importantly, the sound system needs to be capable of shaking you from your seat or you just won't be getting ...

Charles Petzold, Its an honour!

Wednesday, January 30th, 2008

In trying to keep up with all things WPF, I came across a post on Charles's Blog outlining how lighting worked in WPF3D. He was having a minor problem with the effect and hadn't yet worked through how to light surfaces correctly. His test square surface consisted of only two ...

Good News!

Thursday, January 17th, 2008

Well, kind of, I've been offered the position :) Good to know I'm still employable hehe. Anyway, it seems the position comes with some extra baggage I didn't count on. This may well cause me problems in the longer term, and I'll have to consider whether its actually worth my ...

A New Year, a new look…

Sunday, January 13th, 2008

and hopefully, a lot more posts to boot. I think it was Joel Spolsky that once said "good programmers are also good writers" , and it appears I've neglected the latter. So, as a 2008 new years resolution, i've promised myself to post at leat two quality posts per week. ...

Sold!

Thursday, June 7th, 2007

Finally, my car has been sold. This means i can get back to posting (or at least posting sporadically!), some more thought provoking articles, and some new code examples for the WPF stuff! I'll be right back. Honest.