The Evolved ISV

Working this morning out of the office; at parents. They play with Dylan – I get some work done! #
Time for a caffeine slingshot. Double espresso and a 30 minute kip. BRB! #
Ok so I'm lying thereon my caffeine high, dreaming up all kinds of applications for the iPad. I'm thinking fixed kiosks for small [...]

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Bill Gates' brilliant talk at TED 2010: "Innovating to Zero": http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/767 #
It looks like some recent Windows update has screwed with my Oracle developer installation. Gee, thanks. Thankfully I can VMWare rollback! #
Finally I can get on with my tasks for the day. Have just spent the whole evening fighting Oracle, NHibernate & refactoring 100's [...]

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The inner juvinile in me found this news report amusing! (Google Street View Protest w/ Pantless Protesters) http://bit.ly/coYu1P #
I'm considering email/phone offline day(s) so I can get a full 8 hour uninterrupted software development session done. Anyone else do this? #
Back from taking Dylan to Orthapediac appt. 2.5 year wait but he's getting some tailored [...]

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Just upgrading MBP hard drive from 64 to 160GB. Now I'll be able to fit Windows back on it too, in a few hours after Time Machine is done! #
Do I want to get Bioshock 2 for PC? Enjoyed bits of the first one but also have ME2 & DA:O to distract me from my [...]

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Sharing: BETA testers wanted: FreeAgent Receipts Uploader (webcam to FAC software) – Hello everybody,
<br /&g… http://gsfn.us/t/pmqs #
Nice trip to the Village Hotel in Farnborough again tonight. Quick spot of code checking in and catch up on the news before bed. #
United Nations web (uniosil.org) has been hacked by anti-Israel hackers. Any UN staff watching [...]

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Why do the TV licensing people presume that everybody watches TV? I have a TV, yes – connected to aerial? No. Tuned? No. Movies & Xbox FWIW. #
Chasing a database connection issue around in circles for half an hour. Need 60ml of Espresso. Stat! #
Today I wrote 100 lines of code and removed 130 lines [...]

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Clients are like buses… You know the rest, I just wish I could clone me, or make a better me! :p #
Just ordered a three year warranty top up (an extra two years) on my Macbook Pro from Woolies for £29. (RRP £199). Hope it's not a misprice! #
Visual Studio tools down. Button pressed on [...]

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Doing my VAT return, five minutes to check the transactions in FreeAgent and to paste the values into VAT Solver and to click "send" #
Just placed an order for some Skype credit and then realised QuidCo are doing 25% cashback and I didn't go through QuidCo! D'oh! #
In an Italian mood [...]

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I have been commissioned to lead a small team to port their company's ERP product to .NET. Four weeks in prep, good results so far. #
Any suggestions for "family friendly" Xbox360 games would be welcome. Have just purchased "Viva Piñata", need more toddler-safe games. #
@Jaffo Osmos is unusual and fun. The big named titles don't [...]

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If TSA regs prevent passengers from using the loo, laptops, in-flight entertainment (in the last hr), and WiFi, hasn't the terrorist won? #
Waiting in comet to collect new telly. #
Very happy new year to everyone who is following me on Twitter or my blog. I'll be dusting off the blog soon #
@r5d4 @stevenamani [...]

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