Officially disguised as a Canadian
I’m happy to be here, and to say hello to all of you. My name is Randolph, and I grew up in Johannesburg, South Africa. In 2010 I moved with my spouse to Canada, and have been setting up shop here in the performing arts ever since. I’ve got a page on IMDb, which isContinue reading Hello from a professional Calgary actor!
This was written by author Warren Ellis, from his latest newsletter. Worth a read. The most fascinating thing about Kanye’s set at Glastonbury was the lighting rig. I’m not being snarky. It was a giant plate of lights that lowered down on the stage like a blazing lid. And, with the absence of any otherContinue reading Kanye West and the Glastonbury Incident
As of last Saturday, I’m now on the conference circuit as a speaker. It feels really weird to say that, because it was thrilling and terrifying at the same time. This was the room I spoke to (photos taken during setup, which is why it’s empty). This all started because Argenis Fernandez (twitter | blog)Continue reading I’m a presenter now
Normally I like to keep my SQL Server blog separate to my personal one, but this is too good not to share. I’ve been selected to speak at SQLSaturday in Vancouver, on 27 June 2015. My topic is related to Azure Blob Storage and restoring SQL Server backups. More information will follow. Stay tuned!
Between 2 and 6 May 1995, the Computer Faire & BEXA was held in Johannesburg. A young company called Internet Africa had a stall, and was selling modems and dial-up subscriptions to get online. We chose, on my mother’s advice, my initials rbsp as my username. Long-time readers will know that the first few lettersContinue reading Twenty years
For the longest time, I have wanted to be a B-list celebrity. I get a kick out of being recognised as “that guy” from a play or a television commercial, but I would not want my face plastered across the front page of the newspaper (or Buzzfeed, he said, bringing his references up to date)Continue reading Engage!
Happy New Year. It’s 2015. With the new calendar comes a fresh installation of Yosemite on my laptop, which is almost a year old now. I didn’t want to do this because it meant having to remember what I’d done over 4½ years to set my Mac up the way I like it, but IContinue reading Clean
From his latest Orbital Operations newsletter: All of which is to say: so much of this absurd job is feeding the compost bin. I have spoken in the past to so many writers, not even limited to beginning writers, who focus on prodigious word counts and/or deep narrow research wells. Or just reading the mediumContinue reading Warren Ellis, on writing
In late 2000 or early 2001, I joined the Johannesburg PRIDE 2001 Organising Committee. I’ve written about my experiences of that year already. This post is something different, but related. Imagine you’re scanning your receipts for 2013 and 2014, and you accidentally move a PDF file to the wrong folder. Then you decide to sortContinue reading Where Is Your Pride?
I posted this quote on Twitter earlier today, in capital letters, because it’s true. I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I AM DOING — Randolph West (@rabryst) December 3, 2014 This past week, M and I made a big decision. We’re all about big decisions in this family. We got married when it was still aContinue reading “I Have No Idea What I Am Doing”