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Welcome to the new shiny website, I had a craving for rounded corners and gradient fills. It was a nightmare to get it working in Internet Explorer.

For the past month I have been working for a company called Pulse8 in Totnes as a Web Developer and Linux Sysadmin. It was kind of a surprise for me getting the job, they emailed me saying they wanted a chat with me. As my parents were using the cars for work I had to [...]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6301301.stm “A large-scale breach of AACS could be a threat to the $24bn DVD industry and dent hopes that high-definition discs would invigorate the market.” There is usually increased spending on a new format after it’s released as people re-buy their collections (this is what they are referring to with the “invigorate the market”) but [...]

The position was a C# Developer in a company called ALD Automotive, the job description said they’d provide training on for people who knew Java. So this Friday I travelled by train to Bristol for the interview. The interviews were in 2 stages, the initial interview which I was going to and then a follow-up [...]

After seeing these tests on Planet Termisoc decided to see how I measure up. Ben’s Post Skippy’s Post Ruth’s Post My Results: I guess there’s room for improvement…

Recently my parents have been home improvement crazy. We have new windows, a new boiler, the lounge and dining room has been rececorated and now I have swapped rooms with my younger sister. My old room was at the back of the house (south facing), always used to get the sun first thing in the [...]

A new commandment: “Thou shalt not get upset by jokes about thy God. He is big enough and old enough to looketh after himself.” from The Alternate 10 Commandments

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Been playing a[n]? MMORPG recently called Eternal Lands (client available for Linux, Macs and Windows) and today I found out that the name I chose for my character sounds like south German slang for “chaffing”.