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Rain, lovely rain.
My friends in Redmond were complaining about the heat around the Seattle area during the week, and oh, my heart reached out for them in sympathy. Not. Ireland is having rather a wet summer so far, and the forecast has it continuing for another month or Read More...
Gamefest 2008 and DIY train tickets
I'm delighted to be able to attend Gamefest 2008 in Seattle this July. I'm looking forward to the XNA tracks very much. If you are in Europe, the event travels to London in early August . But now more about living in Dublin. Dublin, as it turns out, has Read More...
Whoops, that's gotta hurt. Yes, it did.
I'll tell you something else about Dublin: the roads are surprisingly slippy. This morning I was cycling to work, and whilst taking a nice, fast right-hand bend, the tyres on my bike completely lost grip, and I did a spectacular grating slide across the Read More...
Moving to Microsoft Ireland
As part of my career change, I also changed countries: specifically, I've moved from Redmond, Washington, I've moved to Dublin, Ireland. Although I was born and raised near Belfast, I'm still a stranger here. Belfast is in Northern Ireland, which is part Read More...
Social networking in the real world: TechLudd
By nature, I’m not what you would call a social chap. Meeting new people is something I find stressful, and of course, I am perhaps the worst person for remembering names in the entire universe (it’s a good thing my mummy sews a label with my name into Read More...
Welcome back, me.
When we last heard from our intrepid blogger, he was doing something with Windows Mobile docs in Redmond. Then it all went quiet.. Well, good news everyone: I’m back. It’s all change though - this time I’m a Program Manager, working with the Microsoft Read More...
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