December 2003
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Edit my points
The refactoring project rumbles on but my time with it is drawing to a close. This week the currency traders decided that they wanted to be able to manually override the live data in some circumstances. They wanted to be able to edit a live … -
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Mismanaging Agents
I still have my ‘director of the management company for a building of 78 apartments’ hat on. It seems to have one of those little straps that goes under your chin. I don’t seem to be able to undo the strap… I hope … -
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Ski Weekend, Courmayer, Gressoney, Chamonix
We flew to Geneva last Thursday evening and skiied in Italy and France over the weekend. Just holiday snaps. We were travelling with Ski Weekend. They usually run you around the Chamonix resorts, but at this time of year there’s often … -
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End of the refactoring project
My time working on the refactoring project has come to an end; at least for a while. Here’s a little look back over what we achieved. I’ve been working on the “Refactoring Project” for around 9 months now. I’ve … -
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How times change
Today’s job is putting up the Christmas tree. That involves climbing around in our storage space “loft”. We didn’t use the tree last year, so it’s now got 2 year’s worth of stuff in front of it. I feel … -
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Thinking, Discipline and Courage...
Wayne Allen asks why so much code is so bad? Why the majority of code, even new code, that he sees as a consultant is terrible. Meanwhile, Rory Blyth is complaining about “Paper bag” code. I think Wayne hits the nail on the head … -
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Thought for the day
I have only ever made one prayer to God, a very short one: “O Lord, make my enemies ridiculous.” And God granted it. Voltaire From a comment in ESR’s blog. Given our current dealings with our building’s mismanaging … -
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Retiring Princess Leia
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away… I made a contraption to enable me to strap a camcorder to my head whilst I skiied. As you can see, it wasn’t the most subtle of devices. Well, times change. I upgraded my camcorder …