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
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This week I'm in Singapore, running a training course on z/VM and Linux on System z. I really enjoy coming here! This is the first time I've done any kind of work here, and I'm enjoying fitting into the daily commute in another city!The weather here is, obviously, hot and humid. It's been far from … Continue reading Short trip to Singapore
I've been extremely slack at blogging recently. It's ironic that what has been keeping me from blogging has probably been the very thing that I could be blogging plenty about: the constant travel to Canberra. I'm planning on writing a bit more about my experiences of and in our nation's capital, so for now here … Continue reading Canberra
Thanks to work, I am now the possessor of a rather cool piece of kit: a tablet PC. It's a Mobile Computing LE1700, and I'm quite impressed with how it works. The big question though is of course... Will it run Linux?At the moment it's still running Windows XP Tablet Edition, but that's only because … Continue reading Motion Computing Tablet PC
I'm in the US right now, for a work conference and some meetings. It's been an interesting trip already: a non-eventful flight over (when I was expecting it to be really bad having not flown economy to the US before, yes I know I'm spoilt), and a fascinating and very enjoyable tour of Los Angeles … Continue reading USA travel!
Well it's official now -- or at least, my current boss announced it to the team, so that more-or-less makes it official. 🙂 I will be starting a new job in about a month's time -- still at the same shop, but no longer in Services. I'll be with the team that does technical pre-sales … Continue reading New job
"Once upon a time, in a land far from here, there was a clothing factory. One part of this clothing factory made uniforms. The uniforms came in many shapes and sizes: some were sporting team outfits, some were "corporate wardrobe", others were emergency services uniforms... but they all looked alike. Few of the people working … Continue reading A Fractured Fable, Part One
Passed the Novell Certified Linux Professional practicum (exam) yesterday. w00t! Scored 758 out of 800, which I'm told is a "good pass" (and to date, the highest score amongst my workmates). The exam cops a bit of flack in the community, but I found it okay... So now I'm certified!
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