wade womersley – york based software engineer
Engineering notes from the sharp end
wade womersley – york based software engineer I write the way I work: direct, useful, and more interested in what holds up in production than what sounds clever on a slide.
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NASA uploaded an image today of Great Britain from space as of 11:50 UTC today, it’s a truly remarkable picture showing just how much it has snowed here. For anyone not from the UK, snow like this has not hit Britain for over 30 years, hence all the hoo-haa about. It looks beautiful though, although … Read More “Snowy Britain – NASA Terra image” »
Yes, that’s right, we’re getting an extra bank holiday in 2012 (I know, a little bit of a wait still) as a result of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. The bank holiday will be on the 5th of June and the Whitsun bank Holiday will be moved to the 4th of June to give a nice … Read More “New Bank Holiday coming up (hopefully permanent)” »
Well, it was good while it was getting better, now we’re back to square one again, I’m talking about airport security of course. After the attempted plane bombing attempt on Christmas Day, security has now been upped at international US airports again for any incoming flights deemed to be from “terror-prone” countries. The new rules … Read More “US Toughens up on incoming planes from “terror-prone” countries” »
Mini Ninja’s, a game I picked up because I was told it was “cute”. As I’ve been struggling to find a game to enjoy recently, I decided to give it a go. I’ll admit, it’s not that bad for a bit of “stress free relax with a bit of fun” time, but it’s not the … Read More “Mini Ninja’s Review” »
The UK is continuing to push ahead with equality for all. From queeried.com: The UK prime minister Gordon Brown has said in a interview with gay lifestyle magazine, Attitude, that he is focused on making sure the rights of British civil partnerships are recognised across the EU, including Eastern Europe, believing “respect for gay people … Read More “While the US still struggles with equality…” »
It’s Christmas Eve, so here are some festive lolcatz to tide you over the next few days.
We went to see St Trinian’s 2, the Legend of Fritton’s Gold on Sunday in Bradford at Cineworld. It was fun to watch, but sadly, it was definitely a sequel, it failed to live up to the sheer audacity and stupidity that St Trinian’s 1 offered. I’m not saying it was terrible, far from it, … Read More “St Trinian’s 2 – Good, but not that good” »
Well, the good news is, the X-Factor single didn’t reach number one, no matter how you look at it, that is a good thing, it would have been yet another year, yet another X-Factor winner – many people are sick of that. However, the Christmas number one is now Rage Against the Machine – Killing … Read More “X-Factor Not Christmas Number 1! … Rage Against the Machine is instead” »
The excerpt I was just reading from BBC News goes as follows: A Christmas card has been withdrawn from two Tesco stores in York after complaints that it makes fun of children with ginger hair. The card shows a child with ginger hair sitting on the lap of Santa Claus, and the words: “Santa loves … Read More “Tesco apologises over ‘ginger jibe’ Christmas card – for gods sake!” »
At the weekend I finally caved and bought Super Mario Bro’s Wii, I loved the older Super Mario on the SNES and the Wii version seemed to go back to Mario roots with this new game – at least, the advertisements made it look like it did so I would have been royally pissed if … Read More “Super Mario Bros. Wii – A must play game” »
