Maybe it's just me but I have a slight unease about sitting next to a stranger who is reading email. Obviously, I try to avert my gaze but sometimes you can't help but read the words on the screen, no matter how banal.
Mind you, some people might consider it slightly rude to be even scanning email on a training course where the instructor is spending time and energy trying to teach you.
Kurt Cobain. Seattle. 8 April 1994. Cremated and ashes scattered into the Wishkah river.
I vividly remember hearing the news of Kurt Cobain's death. I was listening to the radio sitting in a hospital car park about to see my son who was born on the same day.
One door closes. Another one opens.
I happened to be in Macclesfield at the weekend and went over to the Crematorium to see Ian Curtis plaque.
I was never fortunate enough to ever see Joy Division live but I vividly remember returning from a United game and watching them perform 'Transmission' and 'She's Lost Control' on a local TV program 'Something Else'.
Ian Curtis was a very ill man and hanged himself on the eve of a US tour.
His wife, Deborah, wrote a very interesting book about their life that describes him very differently from the tragic, angst ridden hero portrayed in the media.
One myth claimed that Ian Curtis committed suicide, standing on a block of ice but this is completely untrue.
Rooney will (and should not) play no part whatsoever. He should not even travel.
Eriksson should play 4-5-1 with Owen upfront if fit. Otherwise Defoe.
Midfield of Gerrard, Lampard, Cole and Beckham with Carrick in the holding role.
Eriksson has absolutely nothing to lose. He is leaving so why should he give a hoot what the public/media think.
However, he will care and will play Crouch/Owen upfront with a lop-sided midfield and England will be lucky to get out of the group stages.
I am going on a training course about Oracle RAC at Microsofts offices in Redmond (near America) so I get to wear chinos and a polo shirt and play with an Xbox in reception.
In fact, it's even better than that. This course is actually described as a 'Technical Hands-On Workshop'.
My only previous exposure to RAC was a few years ago, rote learning the Oracle manuals parrot fashion for an interview at a large UK Telco. The interviewer was an experienced, senior Oracle DBA and, inevitably, much to my embarassment, he found me out almost immediately.
Much to my surprise, he still recommended me for a second interview. After the interview, I asked him about my lack of practical, hands-on Oracle RAC experience. He replied 'Not many people have it. With your background and attitude, you could pick it up quite easily'.
However, I failed to get the job. The manager thought I wouldn't be 'firm enough' with the Oracle developers. And you know what, back then, he was absolutely correct.
Don't know where, don't know when but SonicStage 3.4 is available.
I havent had a chance to download 3.4 yet and I would love to be proved wrong but I suspect SonicStage remains the only software application in the modern world without a ‘Check for updates' option.
Irritatingly, this post about version 3.3 remains one of my most popular blog articles. Sigh.
I dearly wish I had not opened a newspaper this weekend.
The image of John Prescott receiving sexual gratification from his secretary, while simultaneously reviewing a Whitepaper on the environment, is one I am desperately trying to expunge from my consciousness.
...begins at home and is often misspelled.
I didn't mind Tom Kyte copying my PhotoBlog idea but now he is using my fantastic, amusing blog entry about the loss of Interweb connectivity in a hotel as a source for inspiration without the courtesy of an attribution or a [Via] reference.
What next ? The 'death' of a domestic rodent ?
If this blatant plagiarism continues, I will be forced to take action.
British Airways are taking steps to move the queues from the conventional check-in desks on UK domestic flights to queues at the self-service kiosks and even lengthier queues at the 'Fast Bag Drop' desk which will be renamed 'Bag Drop' to comply with the Trades Description Act.
This is good news and it will be interesting to see the effects but please take care when printing your board pass.