Barbie has her 125th career – computer engineer! There’s been a few comments around about how Mattel are pandering to further stereotypes – sticking her in a pair of pink glasses is enough to insinuate that she’s now “intellectual”. I don’t think that’s all that bad. The glasses thing, sure, I’m a [...]
Category Archives: Life
Writer’s block and Project52
February 4, 2010 – 11:50 am
This year, I thought it might be fun to try taking part in something that would get me writing more. Anton Peck started Project52 with a simple aim to produce a blog post a week for all of 2010.
It’s hard. Really hard.
It’s week 5 and although I generally suffer various [...]
A brief word on homeopathy
January 28, 2010 – 11:24 am
I’m generally completely non-plussed about petitions and marches and all that freedom of speech type gubbins that angry people get involved with all too easily. I think you should pick your battles and save up your bile and wit for when it really counts. But there’s something about the 1023 campaign that really strikes [...]
Cold-calls and Madison Maclean recruitment
January 19, 2010 – 10:44 am
I think it’s a fairly well agreed statement to say that recruitment agents aren’t particularly nice to deal with. Especially when they’re cold-calling you at your place of work with jobs you’re not interested in. I will just say that I have worked with 1 nice agent, who got me the interview for [...]
Film and Lit 2009
January 2, 2010 – 1:40 pm
As with last year, I kept a list of cinema visits for the year.
Films (at the cinema, in seen order):
The Spirit
New Shorts: Funny Shit
Zack and Miri Make a Porno
Slumdog Millionaire
Frost/Nixon
Better Things
Revolutionary Road
Hansel and Gretel
Los Cronocrímenes (Timecrimes)
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Üç Maymun (Three Monkeys)
Role Models
Tokyo Sonata
Gran Torino
Surveillance
Franklyn
Flame & Citron
Watchmen
The International
Bronson
In The City of Sylvia
The Boat [...]
Full Frontal 2009
November 26, 2009 – 10:42 am
Last week I was lucky enough to get to attend Full Frontal 2009 in Brighton with a whole bunch of my colleagues to lend a bit of support to friend and fellow Glow developer, Jake, after his previous highly successful first foray into the world of speaking at last year’s @media ajax.
The range of topics [...]
Della – Dell netbooks for women?
May 13, 2009 – 10:55 am
I recently opted to replace my first generation Asus EEE 701. It’s very convenient and mostly functional, but I decided I wasn’t finding it the best thing in the world for really Getting Stuff Done™ outside of sending a few emails.
I chose to get one of the new Samsung NC20s. I highly recommend [...]
Film and Lit 2008
January 1, 2009 – 12:51 pm
For no other reason than to have something to blog at the end of the year, I kept a list of films I’ve seen and books I’ve read from Jan 1st 2008 until the end of the year.
Films (at the cinema, in seen order)
I Am Legend
Sie, Jie (Lust, Caution)
No Country for Old Men
Before The Devil [...]