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Last week, I enjoyed the beautiful environs of Keble College, Oxford, and the rather noisier hospitality of the University Club, to attend TransferSummit/UK, and the associated BarCampOxford. What a show! It was a great freedom to be able to attend–and speak–without having to run around making sure everything was planned, organized, working. I love putting on [...] If you could just tell me how much you want for that product and/or service, that would be swell. I know it might be more fun for you to give me a number and then expect 10%-20% more, but I’m really rather tired and jetlagged, and it would be nice to know upfront which of [...] I’ve just counted back and realised that it wasn’t eight weeks ago that I started swing dancing, but seven. Just fifty days ago, almost to the hour (as I’m writing this), I was sitting in a San Francisco diner drinking a gallon of ice-cream milkshake, having thoroughly enjoyed my first taste of swing dancing. Now, fifty [...] 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 [...] |
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