Author Archives: ianmacd
Growing Boy
On Tuesday morning, we took Lucas out for the first time in the car. It was also his first trip outside of Amsterdam, but only as far as Amstelveen, so he’s not exactly a globe trekker just yet. We all … Continue reading
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Beta Books
Beta books are a great idea. Why don’t more technical publishers (or even publishers of any work of non-fiction) do this? Take the Pragmatic Programmers, Dave Thomas and Andy Hunt, and their publishing company, the Pragmatic Bookshelf. Dave’s currently working … Continue reading
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Tunturi C85
My new crosstrainer was finally delivered on Friday. It’s a 2008 model Tunturi C85, purchased locally. I’m glad I bought it locally and had the guys bring it upstairs and assemble it. I couldn’t believe how many pieces it came … Continue reading
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Ruby/AWS Released
I’m coding again and it feels good. The only serious coding I’d done since leaving Google was tv_grab_nl_upc, an XMLTV Dutch TV programme guide data grabber for use with MythTV. It’s a decent piece of code, but it hasn’t exactly … Continue reading
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Just The Four Of Us
Things are going well here. The last time Lucas was weighed, he had regained his birth weight and progressed beyond it. He’s supposed to be putting on about 50g per day and, judging by how he’s feeding, I suspect he’s … Continue reading
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