Author: Darryl Smith

I have been getting some junk SMS messages over the last few days. The latest one was from 19735555, and the text was :-“FreeMSG. You have a secret admirer! Reply CHAT to this message to be connected! For help call …

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I just went to post this entry, and the previous one had not properly posted. I hate blogger at times! Wired has an inside look at the Microsoft Mac Lab which looks somewhat impressive. Lots of cool hardware there… They …

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I was supposed to be doing an install job today. Supposed. I only got the confirmation at 8:50 that I was expected sometime between 9am and 9:30. Well there would be a 30 minute drive in there. And, oh, by …

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WebServices is doing my head in. So much to do… And what makes this worse is that I need to document what I want with enough words so I can hand it to someone else to code. And then I …

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I am really energized after yesterday evenings meeting – I have not felt this way in a little while. I can just see the potential, and the fact that I am now taking the concept and running with it does …

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I dont know what is going on with the weather. Here it is at the end of april, and it is 6pm, and I have the front door open. I have bare feet, and shorts and a polo shirt on. …

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Today has just been one of those days… I am about to escape from the office to get a coffee and some food and do some thinking with the laptop and the wireless card… If I can find anywhere quiet. …

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Yesterday one of my clients had a minor phone outage. Well, maybe not so minor. Some contractors doing some tunneling to install some new phone cables to the new building next door managed to kill the cable coming into their …

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Finally home after this afternoon’s meetings… I found the meeting entirely enjoyable – I was basically in control of the meeting, proposing an application architecture. There were so many lightglobe moments during the meeting where the participants said ‘wow’ and …

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One of the unintended consequences of publicly showing your music tastes is that people (friends) can see what you are listening to, and actually suggest music to you. In this case I was listening to the John Denver song ‘Thank …

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One cute feature of iTunes and I think Windows Media Player is that it sets the text on MSN to let other people know what you are listening to. This is fine until so called friends start MSNing with their …

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One of the more interesting artists on my iPod is Tina Cousins. She has a wide variety of music – although most really is related to dance rather than other styles I guess… For some reason I cannot get the …

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I was following some links from YES on Wikipedia to Trevor Horn. Trevor Horn is famous not only for his work with YES, but also producing bands such as Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Pet Shop Boys, Marc Almond, Seal, Tom …

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I am beginning to feel a bit, well, um, tired. I am still recovering from the weekend. I need to take care of myself a bit better I think… Forcing myself to sleep later in the morning… Waking up at …

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