hēg denu
The old english words from which my name is derived, hēg 'hay' + denu 'valley'.-
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Assumption is the mother of all fuck ups
Where I work we have a fantastic set up to send newsletters, a newsletter editor written entirely in-house that makes it easy to add products (in a variety of styles), signings, competitions, and random text into a newsletter. We send … Continue reading
Just like Doc Brown
I’ve got a couple of trips coming up this month, and both of them are to countries with different currency to what I normally deal with. So I went off to the bank this morning to change some money so … Continue reading
Completely forgotten
I was in London last week working. I was working and I caught up with as many people as I could squeeze into the week while not collapsing from exhaustion half way through. I also had a great idea for … Continue reading
Happy 1st Birthday!
It’s hard to believe that a year ago Andrea’s sister Mamen gave birth to tiny Bruno. Well, it’s true and that means yesterday was his first birthday! So, Happy 1st Birthday Bruno!
The problem is too many researchers
This is the response from the Secretary for Science after widespread outcry over the recent cuts to Spain’s research spending. The tone of the opinion piece in Nature, written by the Secretary herself (or the publicity department at any rate), … Continue reading
Wiwichear as a verb
wiwichear (verbo intransitivo) (hablar en inglés) to speak in English; (hablar sin sentido) to speak in a nonsense language.
Towel Day
Today is Towel Day, celebrating the life and work of that hoopy frood Douglas Adams. Now I really should get off to my german exam.
That occasional feeling
I’ve been living away from my native Australia for the last seven years. In the last four years I’ve had very little contact with other Australians, I basically don’t know any where I live in Barcelona. I had a funny … Continue reading
Quotes about programming languages
A funny, but somewhat short list of quotes about (mainly disparaging) programming languages by people famous enough that it counts. Of course some of the best are by Dijkstra. “It is practically impossible to teach good programming style to students that … Continue reading
They’ve got me there
It’s been a fair while since I’ve bought a video game on launch. I’m just not as fanatical as I used to be about that. I do still buy the occasional game though. I have, in fact, bought every single … Continue reading