Door handles

Why is it that so many people cannot get the concept of unlocking a door? By this I mean that they go to unlock the door and turn the key in the lock in a clock-wise direction…. Why? How difficult is it to remember that you turn the key away from the lock to un-lock […]

Ruby on Rails User group meeting

Newcastle College hosted another Newcastle R on R group meeting last night to a slimmed down group. There were two presenters, Mike Parker, Technical Director of Orangebus.co.uk, and the ever-present, Sam Aaron. Mike’s presentation was on Python and the similarities/differences between it and Rails as a framework for programming.
I have to say that I found […]

Friday 13th

My Grandad always used to say this was his lucky day and 13 was his lucky number. I kind of agree with him because if you do this it you can completely cruise through the day with nothing to fear.
The fear is totally irrational and any bad luck is largely due to a self-fulfilling prophecy […]

New Motorbike Jacket

I ordered my new summer motorbike Jacket today… A Halverssons Korak in Black with white sleeves… V.Cool…
Bad news is it won’t be here until end May as it has to ship from Sweden…. Still the wait will make it worth the while.

Meeting Manners

Don’t you just hate it when you are in a meeting with someone and their phone, not their mobile, but their desk phone, rings and they pick it up and start talking?
I find it REALLY rude when you are in a meeting and somone thinks that the phone call is more important… they are basically […]