Archive for June, 2009

 

Sporting Stadia – Part I: Football Saturday, June 27th, 2009

So, The list. Loads of sporting venues from all over the globe, plotted on a huge list in order to prove who’s more of a sports fan. There’s a multitude of power-ups, bonuses and extras that bump up your score – it’s so complicated it’d make Carol Vorderman wince. Each sport has it’s own mini-list [...]

 

Project naming conventions Wednesday, June 24th, 2009

We’ve got a new project at work. It’s really cool and we want it to have a secret project name that sounds awesome and makes us feel important by talking about something no-one else knows about. But what do you do when you haven’t got any kind of naming convention of projects? Get one quick [...]

 

Darwin Streaming Server Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009

Today I’ve mostly been playing around with Darwin. I’m not talking about doing experiments with Finches of different colours and beak sizes – i’m on about Darwin Streaming Server, or DSS for short.

 

Contact from Guinness Monday, June 22nd, 2009

I heard back from Guinness today (the world record people not the ones who make that awful drink) (although they are probably the same) After many months of waiting, my application to break the world record for eating cream crackers in the fastest possible time has been accepted. All I have to do now is [...]

 

Sporting venues from around the world Sunday, June 21st, 2009

A few years back I got into a discussion (ok, an argument) with a mate about who had visited the most famous sporting venues. I’d been to Yankee stadium, he’d been to the Crucible. I’d taken in a match at the old Wembley stadium but he’d been to the Azteca stadium in Mexico. As is [...]