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Who am I? I work for ThoughtWorks as a technical consultant based in Melbourne, Australia. I make things better, mostly by incremental improvements to code quality, architectural fitness, stability, and safe rapid deployments.
Monthly Archives: April 2006
Ross has procreated!
I thought of an ex-colleague/mate today who I haven’t caught up with for ages (at least 6 months)… So I looked up his weblog and kerpow! here’s a shiny new baby! Most definitely weird to find this out via the … Continue reading
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Dirty
Tidying up a few spots of peeling paint and surface rust in the tub in the front of the Sud. I’m not very experienced with bodywork and paint but I figure I can’t go too far wrong in this area … Continue reading
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Alfas at Easter
Fi Jack and I spent Easter in Ballarat with the Alfa club. It was the “Alfesta” gathering they’ve held every year since the 70s and the first time we’ve been along. Despite brutal cold in Ballarat (and Fi and I … Continue reading
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Neatness and Source Control
I may well have the messiest desk in this building, my tie is on crooked, and my beard is generally fairly untidy. However I have a perverse compulsion to keep my source code neat and tidy – in particular I … Continue reading
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Hook Turns
Sad to use this blog to gripe about traffic – but what is it that people don’t get about hook turns? Every day I ride my motorcycle to work in the city and each day I have to do at … Continue reading
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Winton March 2006
Branko sent me some photos from Winton in March. We had a great day – although a major accident in the middle of the day slowed proceedings. May the gods look kindly on Bill for a speedy recovery. This is … Continue reading
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