All the way from Cambridge

Rotated thunderbolt displays

pctony — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 16:05:36 +0000

I finally got around to rotating one of my Apple thunderbolt displays today, having found a reasonable arm that can carry the weight and not cost about half the price of the screen. Here it is:

Sleeping on the sofa with my boys

pctony — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 18:45:56 +0000

Oliver – In the snow

pctony — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:15:09 +0000

Jack – In the snow

pctony — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:14:01 +0000

me-headshot-tiled

pctony — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:58:25 +0000

Three weeks to go…

pctony — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 23:35:34 +0000

We have three weeks until the boys are scheduled to be here. The caesarian has been booked and I think we are about ready.

Reality hit last week. That I had month to go until I could finally get to actually see my boys for the first time.

Quite excited now. Can’t wait to bring them home and watch them grow.

Today the Compellent kit gets installed…..

pctony — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 08:14:39 +0000

The Library compellent kit gets installed. Looking good so far.

Oh noes! The X Factor has started…

pctony — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 21:06:39 +0000

That now means Alice will be spending Saturday nights watching the TV, and that Christmas is only a matter of weeks away. Eeek!

[Note2Self] – Regex match multiple blocks

pctony — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 21:34:45 +0000

pattern => ‘^[a-z][a-z0-9_]{1,15}$’

Ode to Joe

pctony — Tue, 31 May 2011 22:00:52 +0000

Joe! Oh Joe! Oh Joe!
You said it would come right in the end.
Today I can say, that I didn’t think you were right
But you were right, and for that I owe you my friend

You said the big man would help,
and as much I dont believe
now I can yelp -
I am going to be a daddy, just as you said.

So, as the years roll by you dont change
you still shout and scream,
you are still trying to up your twitter counter, if only it would change
but best of all you still tell infrabot that git is queen.

So, now that we are colleagues and work towards the same aim
Tell me, what the hell is your real name?
I dont mean to drag up the past, but we have seen many a Joe come and go
Now, please get onto the new one nice and fast.

Your interview technique for new team members if often fun to watch
Especially people start to squirm and wretch