Personal
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I wouldn't normally go into the details of the way I've spent my weekend, but this one was special at so many levels. On Friday, while I was attending internal meetings at our 1 Market office in San Francisco, my wife took the kids to Baker Beach. Three kids under the age of six is […]
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I've had quite a lot of contact with "laser" technology over the last few weeks. (In case you're wondering about the quotation marks, that's just a little nod to Mike Myers' fantastic Dr. Evil character, who in the Austin Powers movies refers to now-commonplace terms – such as laser – with finger quotes. 🙂 A […]
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I've come across to the Bay Area for three weeks with my family (which these days pretty much qualifies as a military exercise, believe me). For the first of these week's I'll be on vacation, catching up with friends in the area, as my wife and I lived here – back in the days before […]
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One of my oldest friends – we've known each other since we were three years old – decided to get married in Las Vegas this week. My friend, his fiancée and his parents flew across from the UK, but others of us flew across from Switzerland and even New Zealand to attend the event. Now […]
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I'm just taking a few days off to visit family in Italy. We're sitting in a brand-new EuroCity train on its way from Bern to Milano Centrale. Aside from it being very comfortable – which is new, most of the other times I've made this journey have been in cattle-wagons – it's got one cool […]
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Joyeux Noël, 圣诞快乐, Frohe Weihnachten, عيد ميلاد مجيد, Nollaig Shona, メリークリスマス, Nadolig Llawen, 즐거운 성탄절 되세요, Buon Natale, क्रिसमस की शुभकामनाएँ, Feliz Natal, חנוכה שמח, Feliz Navidad, สุขสันต์ วัน คริสต์มาส, Vrolijk Kerstfeest, С Рождеством!!! I've now officially started my Christmas holiday, which means my blogging/tweeting will be almost non-existent until the second week of January. […]
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Important note: If you're only interested in programming-related posts (rather than those related to interpersonal or possibly human-computer interaction) please stop reading. I lived in the US between 2000 and 2003, and have since kept a bank account there which – among other things – makes online shopping easier, on occasion. Anyway, my bank over […]
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Our first daughter, Anokhi, was born yesterday evening at 22:46 CET, weighing 3.38 kg and measuring 47.5 cm in length. Her older brothers Kalan and Zephyr were thrilled to meet her today. I'll be on vacation properly from next week - spending time with our newly super-sized family - but will probably manage to squeeze […]
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As those of you following me on Twitter may know, I spent Monday morning at Milan Design Week. I had a couple of reasons for being in Milan at this time. Firstly, my grandmother now lives there, so I spent Sunday evening (the evening of her birthday) with her and my Milan-resident family. The second […]
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MI can safely say that this was my most enjoyable (and exhausting) Autodesk University so far. This post contains a "blow by blow" account of my involvement in this year's event, to give a feel for what it was like (from my perspective, at least). Monday Before AU proper I attended two great events: our […]