Archive for May, 2005

No promotion this year :-(

Friday, May 27th, 2005

Management are not supporting my promotion bid this year so I fail at the first hurdle. Not too bothered - there are plenty of others earning far less than me who deserve it much more than I do.
What does nark be a bit is the reason given. Apparantly I need to focus more on hitting [...]

id cards

Wednesday, May 25th, 2005

So, the long trek to id cards in the UK has started (again :-)).
Most people I know seem to be against ID cards. I’m not so sure. First thoughts are great - a single ID that will be accepted and trusted across all the places I am likely to need id. Why have a driving [...]

and now we are back on again

Tuesday, May 10th, 2005

Sun have now rebooked us onto the course. They have however asked if we can pay for now while they sort out the training credits…
They really are not geared up for this in the UK yet.
Anyway, the good news is that I will be in London from July 11th for a week. The bad news [...]

grrrr…bloody Sun

Monday, May 9th, 2005

I’ve not ranted much on here about Sun and the tales of woe that make up the Sun Java Enterprise system communication suite that they sold us this time last year but here goes…
It’s a smart setup and has some *very* nice features. It also however has shit loads of bugs. Simple things that are [...]

Awwww bugger

Friday, May 6th, 2005

Sorry folks
We did try but I guess all those big expensive houses around Hythe were too much
Still, Tory share of the vote pretty much stuck and the libdems making some progress (although how much as a result of antiwar protest votes as opposed to actual support?) is not too bad. Labour [...]

useful DIY programs?

Monday, May 2nd, 2005

We are currently pondering what to do with our house. Our third bedroom is more of a cupboard and while it’s fine for sprog2 at the mo I suspect that something bigger will be a good idea in the next few years given that she is female and will of course need 3 wardrobes just [...]

So blue…

Sunday, May 1st, 2005

Spent much of the day helping Ross and Loz move into a spare house on his dads estate only to find the his dad has decided he doesn’t like his new house so is moving *again* (but thats another story…). Still, at least he has actually moved into this one unlike the mansion he bought [...]