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Santana Row Randomly in the Evening
Thanks to Sean for the photos — man, do I make going out look good π
“Well Funded, Pre-IPO Startup Seeks Talented Engineer”
No, I’m not advertising some position in any of the startups I have links or affiliations with, don’t worry, this is not one of “those” posts π I’m touching again on the subject of recruiting — and following recent advice, I am not throwing stones at recruiters, just trying to provide some helpful hints, this […]
About Life, Universe and Everything…Including Recruiting!
OK, if you never read Douglas Adams‘ work, then the above title might read odd for you — to say the least! On the other hand though, if “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” is familiar to you then you gathered by now where I’m coming from. (And even if you don’t, read on — […]
Dear Banks, F… Off and Leave Me Alone!
OK, this is not the same as my other previous posts about idiotic recruitment, as in fact the exploratory email I have received from the recruiter was relatively well-targeted — minus the fact that I’m actually in USA nowadays not UK, but they obviously have a copy of my resume/CV from a while back so […]
Make ShareThis “Chicklets” Look All the Same
I’ve written before on my blog about ShareThis — I do love their WordPress plugin and their analytics provide some interesting insights into my blog traffic. There is however a niggly little thing which has been bugging me for a while — and it’s all to do with the way their “chicklets” look. (If you’re […]
My Niece Learned to Ride a Bike
Was time it seems to get Ilinca “upgraded” from a tricycle — and she got the hang of it pretty soon:
Couchbase Graph/Stats Problem?
This is just something that we found recently in Cognitive Match and I thought it might help others who use Couchbase as a NoSQL store, and rely on some of their (otherwise awesome!) graphs, as it seems these can be occasionally misleading — though this is probably an edge case. A bit of background: we […]
Using Apache Commons CLI to Parse Arguments
I’ve talked before on this blog about Apache Commons CLI project and showcased how easy it is to use it to build a rather complex command-line syntax for your Java application. If you find yourself at any point writing an application which needs more than one command line switch, I strongly recommend Commons CLI is […]
First Californian Car
Well I guess it had to happen after all this time — went and got myself my first car in California: And this is how much this piece of rubble costΒ π






