Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008
I got a Nintendo DS Lite for my birthday last week. The best thing about this is that it'll effectively allow me to teleport to London this afternoon. Get on plane, start playing Zelda... skip the next 9 hours... stop playing Zelda, get off plane. It's the closest thing ...
Tags: Travel, Trivia
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Friday, February 8th, 2008
Looks like I'll be speaking at the patterns & practices Summit in Quebec this May. This will be my second p&p summit and I've never been to Quebec so I'm pretty excited about it. What will I talk about? Well... now that's an interesting question, not quite sure yet but ...
Tags: Events, p&p, Quebec, Travel
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Sunday, December 2nd, 2007
Instead of spending Thanksgiving in the wet and dank Pacific Northwest The Susan and I opted for Maui and some serious beach time. Being me I ended up taking a software book, one I've been meaning to read for a very long time. I can't say I finished it but ...
Tags: agile, Books, Travel
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Wednesday, November 7th, 2007
What's the most disgusting looking thing you've ever eaten? I used to have to think about about this, there were several not very pleasant candidates. Not any more...
They say you're not really a local in the Pacific Northwest if you don't know what a geoduck (pronounced gooeyduck) is. Geoduck is a really ...
Tags: Travel, Trivia
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Wednesday, October 24th, 2007
I've been lucky enough to do a lot of travelling over the past twenty years; roaming across six continents and climbing mountains on five. Mountaineering often took me to remote areas. The sort of places where the things I usually take for granted just don't exist; a warm bed, clean water, enough food ...
Tags: Microsoft, Travel
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