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Words of advice from Douglas Adams "I love deadlines - I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by" 5 things From THHGTTG that applies to MITE 1. You cant get a decent cup of tea in the Hamilton. 2. You might not be happy with the answers you get (no the meaning of life is not 42) 3. Over reliance on Computers to get you where you want to go 4. Ideas are like slaps on the head!! 5. After weeks of staring at a PC screen you get eyes like Humma Kavula Final thing... D'ont Panic
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If I had a vote in the UK election, The Internet tells me I should vote see below I got the same result here Who should I vote for? v2 Your expected outcome: Liberal Democrat Your actual outcome: Labour 25 Conservative -23 Liberal Democrat 63 UKIP -19 Green 43 You should vote: Liberal Democrat The LibDems take a strong stand against tax cuts and a strong one in favour of public services: they would make long-term residential care for the elderly free across the UK, and scrap university tuition fees. They are in favour of a ban on smoking in public places, but would relax laws on cannabis. They propose to change vehicle taxation to be based on usage rather than ownership. Take the test at Who Should You Vote For
How to advertise for a job and save everyones time. My former Boss in Proyplon (on his blog) has put up an interesting job specification ad. How often have you applied for the job based on the ad, thinking that this is going to be your dream job and it does not turn out to be it. A different way could be this.. Propylon are looking for a couple of highly experienced, XML/Publishing/Workflow/CMS Technical Architects. Must be capable of leading from the front on projects and bringing them in on time and within budget. * If you don't know what a dochead is, you don't want the job. * If you are not a dochead, you don't want the job. * If you think kerning is a winter sport, you don't want the job. * If you think W3C XML Schema solves all the worlds problems, you don't want the job. * If you think GUIs should be the first thing designed on a project, you don't want the job. * If you think "The Complete works of Shakespeare" is a lot