tech interview with Amazon on Monday – should be interesting 
Missed a dart by about 10 seconds – argh! 12 minutes til the next, would have been home by then but not bad for the time of night I guess
back to college today after a few weeks travel and mid-term break – will be weird, and no doubt I will have assignments – boooo!
Can’t beat Wigan? Deservedly beaten by them too if the reports are accurate – another bad day in a bad season 
Thanks to @StephenFry and his .net interview I now have blog/twitter integration via twitter tools – should have thought of that!
While this site may not be my main outlet for ranting and rambling or even status updates at this point, it used to have a semi-decent page rank, so I’ll use it to let people know about a worthy cause/quest undertaken by a friend of mine, Reed. Reed lives in Washington DC and after becoming unemployed for the first time in his life (something I will have to deal with myself soon enough), he decided to give away $10 a day every day for a year to people and record it all while he did it. I doubt my post-employment activities will be anywhere near as noble.
He’s been at it for 80+ days at this point and there are some great stories in there – keep up the good work Reed You can find it at:
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Well, it’s the end of an era – Facebook, Twitter and Flickr have completely sated my need to publish things to the web. I may come back and resurrect the blog at some point, or I may try something completely different but it seems certain given my infrequent updates that the blog will be neglected for the foreseeable future, unless something changes drastically.
Speaking of which, my Aol. days are now drawing to a close. I have chosen to accept the voluntary package and move on from what is my first real job. I started at AOL when I was 19 years old and it’s with a mixture of sadness, fear and excitement that I leave that company over 11 years later having made great friends in several countries and learned an enormous amount. Linked In can point you in the right direction regarding my qualification sif you are looking for someone with extensive experience in everything from dial up connectivity to web operations and Linux system administration.
Oh, and in reference to the post below, I caved and bought the iPhone. However O2 left such a nasty taste in my mouth that I will likely switch providers as soon as I can out of principle, so I didn’t cave really, right?
As this comparison shows, although the cost of an iPhone is reasonably subsidised, the data plan and associated call plans are very poor. It really is a disgrace – enough to make me not use O2 at all in protest. With that decision made, my only problem is the complete lack of a decent alternative – I have been reading up on several iPhone competitors (Nokia N95/96, Samsung Omnia, Blackberry Storm, LG Renoir) and none of them seem to be distinguishing themselves clearly.
I’ve also found the interface on the Nokia N95 I am currently using (thanks to a loan from John) to be very counter intuitive, which is sad since I used to think Nokia had a real edge when it came to UI design. Two guesses what John traded his N95 for…..
There is not a single phone I have found so far with WiFi, GPS, a decent sized screen and a UI that gets a decent review. If anyone can recommend one, then please let me know. Assuming my Macbook Pro comes back to me in working order sometime in the near future I may have to look into getting an iPhone and jail breaking it to work on any network.
So, I bid adieu to the US office Friday (*sniff*) – was a bit sad to pack everything up and clear out my office, but now comes the hard part – I have to sell everything we are not taking home. The sofa, coffee table, patio furniture and, of course, the car all have to go.
Rather than doing that of course I procrastinated and did other things instead, like upload the inaugural photos and videos I took, and wrote this post
