Author Archives: ianmacd
Posterior Patio Pleasure
The gardeners were here again yesterday to give our garden its last major push towards completion. The chief task yesterday was to install the lighting. We’ve had small lights placed in the wooden steps that lead from the kitchen door … Continue reading
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Ruby/AWS 0.3.0 Released
I’ve finally managed to put together version 0.3.0 of Ruby/AWS. The crux of this release is the addition of support for remote shopping-carts. Check out the new Amazon::AWS::ShoppingCart module and the Amazon::AWS::ShoppingCart::Cart class. The amount of free time I have … Continue reading
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Affluent Effluent
Soon after Sarah’s folks arrived for their most recent visit, our downstairs toilet started to behave rather strangely. It was behaving as if it was blocked: when flushed, the water would rise towards the top of the bowl and it … Continue reading
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Lang Zal Ze Leven
A little late, but I should mention Eloïse’s third birthday, which was last Monday. It had been preceded by a birthday party the previous Friday at her peuterspeelzaal, but the real party was on the birthday Monday itself. That turned … Continue reading
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Sleepy Head
The great thing about having a camera phone capable of a decent resolution is that you’re always able to record an unexpected but precious moment for posterity. Today, I took Eloïse out on the bakfiets for a raspberry ice-cream at … Continue reading