May 2013
16 posts
Gatsby
In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I’ve been turning over in my mind ever since - “Whenever you feel like criticising any one,” he told me, “just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had.” …I pretty sure Australian Director, Baz Luhrmann has had more advantages...
Bank Robbery
I’m sure you can tell from the lack of blogging of late, that things have been hotting up. Busy would a suitable word. Manic is also fitting. Crazy and Mental. Nuts. Loopy. Painful. Arduous and Insane-in-the-membrane to name but a few are all candidates too. I digress… If there’s one thing you don’t mess with, it’s a man’s bank holiday. Unique to the...
April 2013
30 posts
Bringing Google+ comments to Blogger
Cross-posted from the Google Official blog Posted by +Yonatan Zunger, Principal Engineer Reading and responding to comments can be one of the most rewarding aspects of blogging. Not only do they help you connect with your readers, they can also inspire later blog entries. The challenge, oftentimes, is following all the conversations around your content—on Google+, for instance, as well as on...
Coincidence? I think not.
Seems like the current chart No.9 (Down this week from No.4 pop-pickers) happens to be talking about the work we’ve been doing for the last year or so… I was left to my own devices Many days fell away with nothing to show And the walls kept tumbling down In the city that we love Great clouds roll over the hills Bringing darkness from above But if you close your eyes, Does it almost...
Defcon Mental
Some complicated and ridiculous things going on with the work of late - and as much as I’d love to rant and rave about them in public, I’m afraid I can’t. Sadly all I can do is tell you that like some of my colleagues, I’m close to being “Weapons Grade Pissed Off”, but for the time being I’ll settle for “Generally Aggravated”. Lets not discuss...
Insanity Prevails....
Nothing more to say. Tough week. Thank god for the good people. LLAP
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Earwig "O" again
Yet more of the same as I board the good old 6.46 to Paddington - late by a mere 5 minutes - as is the way with Last Poor Western trains. It’s a bright start insofar as there is daylight and I’m getting used to what it’s like to not travel in the dark now that summer has finally arrived. You can tell its summer because I’m not wearing wellingtons - other than that,...
Ain't No Sunshine...
Maintaining a sunny outlook is my thing. It’s what I do. It takes a massive amount of grief to get me wound up or pissed off. However, this job is starting to do just that. The pressures being placed upon us as a team are almost unbearable. The situation as a whole is immensely depressing and try as I might to maintain my cheery point of view, I’m finding it harder and harder to do so....
Daylight on The Orient Express
OK, so it’s no the Orient Express, it’s the 6.46 to London, only it’s not even that today. Oh no. Today it’s the 6.46 to Swindon owing to the fact that an “earlier train” had caused a delay. “Please accept my apologies” said the train manager “but due to problems yesterday, we decided not to run this train past Swindon”… Marvellous....
March 2013
18 posts
A Banking Holiday
A great weekend ahead, what with all the shenanigans that are going on. I’ll be more than happy to keep out of the way of work for a couple of days and the roller coaster pain that is this current deal. Not quite there yet, but as Scobi would say, …and Relax… Three days in London have taken their toll, and I seem to have picked up the hacking cough from the tall fella....
