Job interview and goals
I am again at an impasse. I am at a point in my professional life where its time for a new challenge so I have started looking for another job. As part of this I attended an interview yesterday fro a team leader position of a Finance Systems team. This highlighted that some of my…
Fantasy Con
It’s getting closer to the end of the month and after our family holiday in September, I will be going to the British Fantasy Society’s Fantasy Con event. Lots of panels, stalls, and more importantly books. It’s a bit daunting as I am off down on my own but from the looks of it, I…
#AStoryAMonth
To assist in my 2015 goals (I nearly called them resolutions there) I decided to try a challenge, a Writer I was looking at a while ago was doing a story a week which I thought was amazing. Unfortunately that is an unrealistic goal for me, but I could do a story a month. So…
Time to Breathe
It’s Saturday night and for a change I’m not rushed off my feet doing uni work. This is the first weekend in a while where I have nothing planned. I have spent the day sorting pc’s and laptops feels strange to not have looming deadlines. I still have loads to do of course to get…
Scams Awareness Month
That’s right people its Scam awareness month, time to start looking at those messages for what they really are…. a load of rubbish. Literally 5 minutes ago I was looking at my Facebook account and another person I know has “shared” a photo of a load of Macbooks that “cannot” be sold as they have…
Linux Commands – Nslookup
I have been “learning” Linux for some time now, but to get myself more familiar I have installed it on a Laptop I have and another pc. One of my file servers has also been installed with the command line only version, this is to force me to learn the commands and then to remember…
Should I hide….. I don’t have anything to hide!
You can’t go onto the internet today without seeing some article about how the government is spying on you, your emails etc. can be looked at and you’re not safe…. with this in mind I have been thinking about all of the information of mine that is all over the internet, if I search my…
Procrastination is winning
I keep reading in my writing books and magazines that I shout make an effort to write everyday. I have setup a desk downstairs so that i can write without bothering the wife when she wants to sleep. I still have not done any there yet. I really need to get my ass in gear…