Happy Christmas
Dec 24, 2008
I feel very lax. My last journal entry was this time two years ago. I'd probably post a lot more journal entries if I thought anyone here was interested in Silverlight programming, which is what I've been blogging about elsewhere (http://jimlynn.wordpress.com).
I've made a nice Deep Zoom version of our Christmas Card this year, which you can find at http://www.uslot.com - It requires Microsoft Silverlight, so you'll be asked to install it if you don't already have it. It's a bit of fun, so please have a look. If I'm lucky, you'll be seeing a lot more Silverlight stuff from me next year, so you might as well install it now.
I hope you like it.
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Happy Christmas Everyone
Dec 24, 2006
The children are currently decorating the Christmas tree, so I thought it was about time to update my page with the (now traditional) christmas picture.
I hope everyone has a great Christmas, and a Happy New Year.
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Incoming!
Feb 7, 2006
Just a quick note to say that contractions are around four and a half minutes apart, so we're hoping to have a new arrival later today (although past history means we're not expecting it right this minute).
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Season's greetings
Dec 22, 2005
It's that time of year again, when we celebrate the birth of the saviour who came to us from the heavens, and who laid down his life for us.
But enough about Doctor Who.
My page is now adorned with this year's Christmas picture. We've been a bit slack this year, so it's very late. We use this picture to make cards, and rather than try getting our aging colour printer to produce acceptable results, I thought I'd try getting prints made from a digital picture at one of the local photo printers. I tried Bonusprint, but the (rather harried looking) young man there said they would have to send them out to be processed, and wouldn't guarantee to get them back until Thursday. So we tried Boots, where we just put the CD into their machine, picked the right picture, chose 20 prints and that was all we needed to do. The prints were ready in an hour, and we were able to spend the rest of the afternoon making the cards, with plenty of help from the children. It's nice when high-street technology matches your expectations.
Happy Christmas everyone.
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Welcome to Hollywood
Sep 11, 2005
I'm posting this from the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, on Hollywood Boulevard. Sadly, it's not because my starring turn in the Hitchhiker's movie was recognised by a talent scout. I'm here working. I'm going to the Microsoft Professional Developer's Conference for the next week, to hopefully find out about all the new stuff we could use for DNA in the future.
My entry into the USA was interesting. The man on the Immigration desk saw the copy of Last Chance to See I was reading and asked me what it was about. When I explained, he looked very serious, and asked me if I knew about the North American Sealion. I said I wasn't aware it was endangered, so he told me very solemnly that he was going to tell me something about how we treat sealions, and that it would shock me. He then described the culling of seal cubs, something I knew about but hadn't somehow connected with sealions. He then said that this was one of the things that caused him to become a Wiccan. Which is, frankly, absolutely the last thing I would have expected to hear from a US Border Guard. But a pleasingly odd welcome to the US.
The flight had the compulsory celebrity. Paul Weller, off of The Jam was there, and frankly, the blond highlights were a mistake. But it was good to see he had to queue with the rest of us.
Strange coincidences abounded. My seat number was 42H. Bernadette suggested that the check-in clerk might have recognised my Marvin T-Shirt, but she didn't seem to have.
And as I was waiting to board, someone walked past wearing an h2g2 T-Shirt. One of the old ones, too. I saw him again at the luggage claim, and I had to comment, at which point he said 'You're Jim Lynn.' It was IanG who I'd worked with at Computer Concepts, and who was here for the PDC too.
So, I've just had a couple of hours wandering around outside the hotel. Graumann's Chinese Theatre and the Kodak Theatre are just across the road, you can see the Hollywood sign in the distance. I'd expected some anonymous hotel in the middle of nowhere, but this hotel was where the first Academy Awards were held, so I really am in the middle of Hollywood.
Now it's time for bed. It's only 8pm, but it feels so much later...
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