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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 …
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Midwinter
21 December 2007
Read moreTomorrow marks the winter solstice, the shortest day. Already we've reached the deepest, darkest part of the year (and its not all that dark, I'm only 53 degrees above the equator). Now begins the longer days and lighter nights, taking us through to summer time - yay :)