It's easy to treat a silly slogan on a coffee mug as little more than just a few words designed to evoke a wry grin from a slightly antisocial co-worker. Sometimes it can take on a deeper meaning, if you let it.
Some folks might be a bit affronted at the "compare and contrast" of z Systems and a fast food drive-through, but it's just an analogy...
This post may come across as self-serving, semi-advertorial, promotional, or just plain crappy (or all of the above). I don't apologise, it's my blog and I'll write what I want to. However, because it's the Internet and it's almost guaranteed that someone reading this will think I should have warned them... consider yourself warned, fair … Continue reading Analogy can be found anywhere
I had an unexpectedly emotional departure from Brisbane last week. It was supposed to be a standard flight to Sydney, but became something a lot more. When I first started travelling by air, flights to Melbourne were on 737s and to Sydney were 767s. I guess you knew you were going to the "big smoke" … Continue reading The last time
A week or so ago I succumbed to the hype (and the nagging from my devices) and installed iOS 8 on a second iPad. As far as updates go it was smooth although the post-install setup wizard crashed before it could ask me about things like iCloud Drive, which made me wonder whether I might … Continue reading iOS8 and OS X Yosemite
So I messed up. I let the domain name registration for veejoe-dot-net expire, which was bad enough, but it turns out that even a low-visibility low-traffic domain like mine can still end up getting heisted by domain squatters. Which is why it lives in Czechoslovakia now. The other thing that I had been trying to find … Continue reading I’m back
I have settled into a somewhat sedentary lifestyle. My partner tries valiantly to get me involved in her personal training sessions, but I have a lot of inertia. I know that I need to do something about being more active and increasing my fitness level, but have struggled to find a motivator. While in Europe … Continue reading I lost my Fitbit… and found it
Like most international travellers in the Internet age, during our recent travel through Europe I was confronted by the ridiculous situation that exists for mobile data access. By ridiculous I mean ridiculously expensive. Look, don't get me wrong: the technology that allows GSM/UMTS global roaming is pretty magical[1]. But it's not exactly new! It's not … Continue reading On global roaming for data
Back when I last posted here, I would never have imagined that within twelve months I would be in a new relationship, travelling overseas on holiday, and generally happy with my life. And yet, that's exactly where I am. I write this from a hotel room in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, having recently returned … Continue reading A long time away
Partly for R U OK? Day, but also because the time has come to stop hiding from it, I've decided to disclose the change in my life that occurred in February 2012.
Crossed Wires 