Category Archives: Google
Lightning Strikes Twice
It’s taken me a while to write this entry, as it’s about something quite different to the usual trivia that I either extol or grizzle about. Can lightning strike in the same place twice? It appears so. The story begins … Continue reading
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Dropping Like Flies
News has reached me in the last few weeks of the death of two of my former Google colleagues. Both of them were software engineers. At least one died of an illness. It’s not yet known what the other’s cause … Continue reading
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A Googler No More
After a seemingly unending sabbatical, Google have finally called in my number. Some time in early June, I ceased to be an employee. My manager-to-be (if I were to return to work) had recently written and told me that it … Continue reading
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First Visitor
Last weekend was a lot of fun. My friend Peter ventured up here for the weekend at short notice. Peter who? I shared an office with Peter at Google in Mountain View for about three years between 2002 and 2005. … Continue reading
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Public Property
Even to someone like me, it’s shocking how much information is publically available on-line. Becoming an amateur private detective is getting easier all the time. Case in point: our new house. I wanted to know who our new neighbours were, … Continue reading