Today is the Australia Day public holiday, and given the relaxed feel I totally forgot it was time for this!
This week was a little bit more successful than previous ones. The weather all week has been around 30C, rather than the high-30s of the preceding weeks. I got out and about last Thursday evening with [...]

I keep hearing about how cool Git is, and how much better it is than Subversion, so much more powerful and flexible. I must admit that every time I look at Git I tend to notice something new interesting that I feel I could use in my day-to-day development life. Sadly, every time I try [...]

I had an interesting experience yesterday, one that tied together a couple of things I’ve picked up in the various streams of news that have flowed across my browser and RSS reader of late.
Late last year, Joel talked about the new Fog Creek offices they’d just completed and were moving into. Apart from looking absolutely [...]

In a recurring theme this last month or so, I’ve had a hard time getting out for pictures. This weekend I hit the beach in the hopes of getting something good, only to be thwarted by the only horribly overcast day I’ve seen in months. It was just dull enough to be boring, but not [...]

Failure.
Again.
I’m once again going to blame the weather. It was 35C and 38C on the weekend. Perth has been surviving through a little hot spell where the daily highs have rarely been below the mid-30’s for two weeks straight now. I don’t cope well with that much continual heat. Anyway. I’m tired and haven’t had [...]