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Just a quick note to let everyone know I haven’t fallen down a manhole.

Out of interest, I’m writing this on an iPod touch in Apple’s Executive Briefing center

I’ve got a lot of photos from last weekend’s wedding to sort through and prettify; I thought perhaps some of you guys would like a sneak preview:

I don’t normally post personal stuff, but several people (mostly on facebook) have asked me what Laura looks like:

Things are complicated at the moment.

Today is the 25th birthday of the Compact Disk.

At least, today is the 25th anniversary of the first CD pressed at a pressing plant, according to The Register: it was actually invented in 1979, with the specification finalised in June 1980.

1979 was the year I was born, and the CD has turned into a technology that has dominated my lifetime, spawning the DVD and revolutionising not only music, but computing, which feeds and clothes me.

I don’t know how much longer the CD will survive. MP3s, iTunes and the rest of its children are gradually taking over, and where one 74minutes or 600MB was a huge amount of storage compared to the hard drive in your computer, it’s now trivially small. But the optical disk will be with us for a while, and the CD legacy will go on for many more years.

You’ll probably need a browser with .PNG support to see this (I’m talking about IE 7 for you microsofties)

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For those not in the know, I got some new macs in at work, including a 20″ iMac for my desk.

I’m enjoying having a play and trying to get things up and running. It’s actually nice to be a user and a newcomer again.

Lotsawater is a pretty screensaver. And this guy has done other pretty things with it:

Personally, I have my own theory: the guy was probably OK before working as a Civil Servant.

Tests, please, Fab.

Thanks to the Ladyfriend Awesome Laura and Other Tom for sharing Gogol Bordello with me.

Wanna hear some? Course you do.

Can’t imagine what he’s talking about here

On Google Maps, that is.

Must have been when I SORNed it for six months in 2004.

you think being the Cop/Janitor/Sewer Worker of the tech revolution is some kind of glamor job?

Don’t get me wrong. I love IT. I love building systems and infrastructures that make the job easier, or better, or both. I get excited by the idea of being involved in innovation. But I’m sick of my job. Why?

Well, reading John C Welch’s post (quoted above) gives you a clue.
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