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Yesterday, I joined some of my colleagues on a cave walk. Having previously experienced Ailwee Cave in the Burren, I was expecting a leisurely walk through some beautiful geological features. In retrospect, the name of the cave–Hölloch, or Hell Hole–should perhaps have provided a clue. Switzerland’s wonderful public transport got us easily to Muotathal, where the [...] Or “It seemed like a good idea at the time!” Over the last couple of weeks, I’ve made several new friendships, and spent time with old friends, among my Google colleagues. It seemed like half the engineers formerly-known-as Sysops were in Mountain View, and I had already stayed up til 6AM with Tiarnan more than once [...] Or “Turning Twenty-Five in the San Francisco Bay Area” As the quarter-century creeps steadily up on me, I’ve been having a blast seeing the sights and meeting friends old and new. I can’t help thinking back to all the things I’ve enjoyed (and suffered through!) along the way. I’ve been incredibly lucky, and I hope that [...] The instructions for the pizza said to put it on a baking tray in the oven for ten minutes, at 180°C. Hoping to avoid dirtying the scarily-clean Swiss baking tray I had bought earlier today (because there was no way I was going to dirty the terrifyingly clean tray provided), I put some baking parchment [...] Once I got my start date from Google, it took us a little while to figure out when we should do the actual move. Obviously, we needed to have enough time to pack up on the Irish side, but we also wanted some time to settle in on the Swiss side, before I started in [...] This is a massively monolithic review of the cruise Stephen and I recently returned from. It’s completely incomplete, and it’s so long simply because I don’t have time to make it shorter. Also because so very much happened. I’m posting it here mostly for my own reference – once I’ve gotten photos online, I’ll hopefully [...] In ten days time, Stephen and I will be moving to Zurich, Switzerland. Don’t be too surprised if you never got the memo – life’s been rather busy, and I never really had time to send it Some quick answers to the questions I keep getting asked: I’ll be starting work as a Technical [...] The CFP is now open for ApacheCon US – get your proposals in sharpish, it’s a short one! With all the travelling and time-zones, it’s hard to tell exactly how long it’s been since the wedding, but Stephen & I have been married for about a week and a half now, and our adventures have definitely begun There’ll be more about the wedding day once I have photos and stuff. I expect [...] Boland’s Flour Mills, originally uploaded by NoirinP. Ever since he moved to Charlotte Quay, Stephen’s been dying to explore Boland’s Flour Mills. While I’m fond of the faded paint, the old brickwork, and the blue window-frames and doors, he loves the huge, reinforced concrete structure. The view from [...] |
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