Author: Randolph

2009-04-07 – UPDATE! Check out "Ex-Human Pin Code Insider Speaks Out" for a juicy update to this saga.

Slow going at the office, but I've been given a brief and I'm working on it. Slow, because I need to fix a tool that synchronises data across two enterprise software packages, and I'm still waiting for a test environment to be set up. That's happening tomorrow. For those of you who know me well, the sync tool incorporates COM+ technology, and you'll know why that's funny.

Potato prints make an impression. This month, my mission is to be the potato, at least where work is concerned. I started my new job on 1 December, so this is my third day. Any company takes a big risk hiring someone based on just their CV, interview skills and references. So of course, I'd like to prove to them that I'm worth it, and more.

This weekend was the celebration of my beloved's birthday, so a number of friends and I decided to treat him to a day trip to Sun City. He had never been during the day, and it seemed a fitting gift for a 25th birthday.

Have a listen to foreign music if you get a chance. Alright, let me rephrase: have a listen to non-English music if you get a chance. You may well find a number of really excellent songs that have missed commercial success because, well, they're not sung in English.

I remember the rhyme now:

I'm finished! On a whim, I typed in the name of the console computer system I had in the early 1980s, my first computer if you will, and I found it!

“Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability.” – Prof. Dr. Edsger W. Dijkstra, in a 1975 article about programming truths.

I forget the rest of this nursery rhyme, but it’s a reference to my being back on the market career-wise. I’m looking for work, so wish me luck. I have several interviews lined up already.

I just tried to log into my CC's bank account now to find that I cannot get in – it says no accounts are linked to the card number. How bizarre!