Photos
Knitting
Category Archives: Life
Why I CAN test my own code
Once upon a time someone told me that programmers can’t test their own code. I can’t remember who told me this, but I’ve been repeating it ever since. Most of the work I do is as a solitary programmer. This … Continue reading
Poster for the Carrer Progrés Calçotada
The annual Calçotada in Carrer Progrés (in the Barcelona district of Gràcia) will be held this Saturday the 10th of March. The poster designed by Juanjo as always, is below. You can also check out my photos from the Calçotadas in 2010 … Continue reading
What being a native speaker means
One day last year, after the incredibly strenuous activity of standing up after cutting a bit of card with a stanley knife I felt a sharp pain a bit above my groin. It seemed like my hernia had opened up … Continue reading
Coffee, Coffee
I bought an espresso machine on the weekend, so here’s a photo of my very first coffee from it. And another of the machine itself. I grew up on plunger coffee and continued to drink it when I left home, … Continue reading
What you could see if you looked
I was talking to a friend last night who was at the protest in Plaça Catalunya last Wednesday. He was differentiating the protest from what normally happens in Greece. The long and the short of it was that the protests … Continue reading
Start your keyboards
So, I read a blog post I found on Hacker News by someone I don’t know. The content is interesting, but entirely unrelated to the rest of what I’m about to say. Turns out the guy had just started blogging … Continue reading
Gloves for the cold
Last weekend Andrea and I went to Belgium for a short break (otherwise known as an authentic Bridget Jones mini-break). We had a great time, but it was incredibly cold. I made a pair of fingerless gloves (one day I’ll … Continue reading
Christmas in Granada
I spent Christmas and the New Year in Granada with Andrea’s family again this year. It was a wonderful chance to relax, eat lots, and generally do christmasy type things. Although I did spend a fair portion of the time … Continue reading
Choose your own (adventure)
When I was somewhere around the end of primary school we had a guy come to talk to us at school. He was a native american, who worked as an undercover cop in the states. I don’t remember exactly what … Continue reading
Now he’s sixty-four
Bruce has written a post about the Beatle’s song When I’m sixty-four, the occasion being his 64th birthday. He left this out of the post, creative is as creative does, and all that.