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I don’t know if I should be proud or horrified!

Oh god, if you haven’t read them already go and read the Amazon reviews for Peter Andre and Katie Price’s album A Whole New World
“After an unfortunate accident at home my wife slipped into a coma and after a few days when the dirty plates and so on had piled up I noticed and had [...]

“There is no bad weather, just bad clothing.” - Swedish Maxim (From Seth Godin’s blog)

For Christmas I got a copy of Gordon Ramsay’s Humble Pie from Emma. I’m a massive Gordon Ramsay fan so I was really looking forward to finding out more about the man himself. It’s a really short book. Even though it’s some 270 pages the print is huge and only takes up about 2/3rds of [...]

Someone posted the following on Rails Weenie… I of course replied…
This is kind of a vague question….
1. Same Idea but some just do much better.
ex. Youtube. Before youtube took off, there were several sites that did the exact same thing. So, why is youtube so succesful, while others remain in its shadow.
2. Is the internet [...]

Get and stay out of your comfort zone. I believe that not much happens of any significance when we’re in our comfort zone. I hear people say, “But I’m concerned about security.” My response to that is simple: “Security is for cadavers.”
Never give up. Almost nothing works the first time it’s attempted. Just because what [...]

Driving home on Friday there was a loud bang and jolt to the side as I was coming off a big three lane round-about at 40mph. I stopped up and the rear diver side was now sitting a good two inches lower and running -20 camber. Thankfully I was only a mile from home so [...]

Even if you missed this excellent show on BBC2 last night, you can catch the second part tonight at 9pm, with the third part being shown tomorrow. Sir Gerry Robinson attempts to reduce hospital waiting times by applying sound business management skills. It’s absolutely brilliant to watch to the man in action. Let’s hope he [...]

My Indexcards from Hawk arrived today. I’m really happy that I finally got my hands on these. I’ve got a card dock, 500 5″x3″ squared indexcards, 25 dividers, five field notebooks and a pen and pencil. I must have emailed the Correct company five times at least trying to get information on shipping for these [...]

“Everyone has got the will to win, its only those with the will to prepare that do win” - Bobby Knight

I genuinely hope I’m right when I say that .NET is shit, because if I’m wrong then we’re really in the shit here at work. I was moved over from Java/Ruby to .NET a month ago to help deliver a chronically late project and I’ve been contemplating resigning ever since. The code is just a [...]

I made the really really really bad mistake of thinking I was well enough to go to the gym this morning. I mulled it over while standing at the door ready to leave but decided that if I was sick I could just stop.
I started off on the rowing machine and felt pretty much fine, [...]

Happy new year people! Yes, it’s a bit late I know.
Apparently a couple of years ago on his first round of golf ever, Kim shot 11 holes-in-one. Truly a man to aspire to be.