I listen to a few netcasts from Leo Laporte's TWiT network. For a while about 18-24 months ago a few shows on the network were sponsored by VISA, flogging their fraud protection capabilities. "Safe, Secure, VISA" was something I heard ad-nauseum a while ago (and started hearing it again recently, as I listen to old … Continue reading Safe, secure, terrifying, VISA
Category: Life
When last you heard from me, I had arrived in my Amsterdam hotel. The weather was a bit rainy, so I postponed the planned orientation walk and caught a bit of a kip, had some dinner, and made sure I was ready for the presentation the next day. I'm not going to talk about the … Continue reading Travel update: Riding the rails of Europe
This post comes to you from the Cathay Pacific lounge in Hong Kong airport. Around 8 weeks have passed since my last post, and I'm pretty disgusted with myself at how little (read: not at all) I blogged when I was in the US and China. In fact, by the looks of things the site … Continue reading Back in the saddle again…
A spooky pic of Nicholas playing with an LED toy.
Here is the new and improved (well time will tell about that, I suppose) Crossed Wires. Changing to a more mainstream blog engine will I hope allow me to provide a bit more function. I've adopted the Disqus comment system as the first improvement; I was unhappy about turning off comments on the old system. … Continue reading New blog engine
I'm taking a bit of time off. There's a few projects going on around the house, plus I've been letting a few things get to me recently and I think I need a break from work. A couple of weeks off, with a few days on the Sunshine Coast to unwind, could be a good … Continue reading Time off from work
To our beautiful baby girl, the warmest and fondest welcome! The post I made here last night was going to be a comment about how ironic it was that we didn't want to know our baby's gender and yet the time of the birth was known. Well as fortune would have it, I would have … Continue reading We finally meet K (a.k.a. Clinker)
Every one of us experiences life-changing events. Sometimes we're fortunate enough to know about them in advance. One such event will come tomorrow for my wife and I, with the scheduled arrival of our second child! All going well, I'll make an update here with news (and I'm veejoe on Twitter, so look out there … Continue reading Tomorrow is a Big Day
So here I am in the Qantas lounge at Changi Airport after my the last day of my trip to Singapore. The education went well (lots of smiling farewells) and I've forged some links with the locals that I hope will be fruitful for all. I'm trying to get over the silly habit I've developed … Continue reading Heading home from Singapore
I like new things. Many of my friends and colleagues do as well. Some of us are very familiar with "early adopter tax", the high price of paying for a new release product or program in spite of the knowledge that delaying the purchase would save money. I got to thinking about early-adoption a little … Continue reading On being an early-adopter
Crossed Wires 