Archive for the ‘work’ Category

June 9th

My passion

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Resumo: Mi tre ĝuis mian unuan tagon de la nova laboro!
I had a really great time at my new job today! I woke up stupidly early this morning because i was so excited. Had a lovely walk to work, thinking, “I’m going to do this every day! This is actually my regular walk to work [...]

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June 3rd

Windoze

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Have you ever done a search in Windows, and kept the search window open for a really long time? That ridiculous dog starts going crazier than usual!
Here is the dog, not looking at its best …

In case anyone is worried i drugged the dog, or forgot to feed it or something, don’t worry! It perked [...]

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May 22nd

I got the job!

Filed under mychores, ruby on rails, web 2.x, work | 10 Comments

Resumo: Mi kaptis la laboron de Rubeno sur Reloj por kiu mi aplikis sabaton! Mi apenaŭ ne povas atendi por komenci!
Dear readers … i am going to be a full-time Ruby on Rails web programmer! This is just so incredible … it has felt perfect from the start, and i’m so delighted that it has [...]

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May 17th

Idle fingers apply for jobs

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Resumo: Hodiaŭ mi aplikis por laboro en mia urbo, kaj mi promenis en la kampojn, farinta fotojn.
So i didn’t really know what to do with myself today after my London plans were scuppered by South West Trains. For one reason or another i followed a few links and discovered a Ruby on Rails job in [...]

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April 11th

This is nice

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From an email i just received from my mum. This is a really nice message, always an important thing for me to hear …
On this day of your life, dear friend, I believe God wants you to know … that beauty comes in many forms - and there is no form more beautiful than you.
Just [...]

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April 10th

Anyone know Microsoft Project?

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I have been tasked to write an application to lift data out of a Microsoft Project database. I am finding it really hard to understand the schema. I downloaded some diagrams and documentation from Microsoft, but i am still very confused.
It doesn’t help that i am super-distracted by MyChores being unavailable all this time. I [...]

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March 31st

C# course so far

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Well things are going pretty well on the C# course. We get plenty of breaks and lots of practical exercises to do, which is nice. Started at 09:30 and hopefully finishing at about 16:30 today which seems really nice to me! :)
We have had the introduction to .NET which clarified a lot for me. I [...]

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March 30th

Good weekend!

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We had a nice weekend away with goodarcher: a bit of gardening, a bit of de-cluttering, lots of chatting and socialising, a bit of Torchwood, and a wonderful trip out to Bosham and elsewhere around and about West Sussex today. It was absolutely lovely. Met some nice new friends and had a very peaceful time. [...]

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March 12th

Vista SP1

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I’m scared! I have been instructed to install Vista SP1 for testing purposes. The installation guidelines told me to backup EVERYTHING on to an external hard drive (preferably in a fire-proof building a minimum of three miles away?!) and that i needed SEVEN GIGABYTES of free space! For a Service Pack, y’all!! The 64-bit version [...]

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March 10th

Fairtrade campaign

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I thought i’d update to say i have a meeting with the Director of Development and Operations on Wednesday to talk about switching to Fairtrade certified products. I have also been invited to speak at the employee representatives meeting in April, and i have already gained the support of several colleagues here.
LOL, i feel i [...]

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