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Gary Short

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• More Recruiter Suckage

  Posted: yesterday

  One more time for the hard of understanding, I am an engineer, but I’m a *software* engineer and if you’d read my CV you’d know that. Certification Engineer/Verification Engineer/Stress/Jar 21/Aerospace: My large aerospace client requires a Certification engineer, to work o

• Emails that don’t Inspire Confidence

  Posted: 02 Dec 2008 at 09:41

  Username REDACTED We would like to inform you that your Help Assistant Question [ REDACTED ] has now been returned to the BOT- Order Progress pool. A member of our Support Team will investigate your issue as soon as possible. If you have any additional information that could help us to resolve your

• Functional Programming in C# 3.0

  Posted: 25 Nov 2008 at 15:40

  Just a reminder that Oliver Sturm will be giving a talk on the above subject tomorrow (Nov 25) between 7pm and 9pm, the details are as follows:- Abstract The newest version of C# introduces a number of language features that finally make it very easy to employ a functional style of programming.

• Is Pipex (Tiscali) the Worst ISP in the UK?

  Posted: 25 Nov 2008 at 15:25

  On September 16th I received a letter from Pipex telling me that they were going to be moving some account management servers, this move would commence at the end of October (a suitably vague date) and would be completed by November 30th. This letter detailed the changes (they were all administrativ

• Tired Booth Babe After PDC

  Posted: 30 Oct 2008 at 05:41

  Like most of use, Erica is beat after the three days of the PDC Technorati Tags: PDC08       

• Shhh!

  Posted: 26 Oct 2008 at 19:30

  Gary is at the PDC this week, isn’t it quiet here?       

• Out of this World Blogging Software

  Posted: 17 Oct 2008 at 15:18

  As many of you know I’ve recently acquired a MacBook for use when I am traveling. Of course I now have to find applications to use instead of the ones I had previously used on my PC. The first piece of software I need for my work (and for play too) is blogging software, and for [...]

• Erlang! Erlang! Erlang!

  Posted: 15 Oct 2008 at 16:22

  Yes it’s Erlang at Scottish Developers tonight, come and join us at the Queen Mother Building, Dundee University, Dundee. See our EventBrite page for all the location details; see you there at 7:00pm! Description The future is coming… A utopian dream where multi-core computers c

• The Credit Crunch Brings Good News

  Posted: 13 Oct 2008 at 16:29

  If the current financial crisis has a silver lining, it is that it has put an end the the fantasist Salmond’s dream of an independent Scotland. As two major Scottish banks go cap in hand to the Bank of England for their share of a 37 billion GBP bail out, one wonders what would have [...]

• Microblogging for October 10th 2008

  Posted: 11 Oct 2008 at 13:50

  Recently I said:- @blowdart sadly I’m too busy today for any slap ‘n’ tickle with the wife 01:43 PM October 10, 2008 from OutTwit in reply to blowdart @Blowdart @colinMackay Jeez you guys know how to spoil a good sulk 01:33 PM October 10, 2008 from OutTwit in reply to blow

• UK MVPs & “Softies” Rock On After the Open Day

  Posted: 10 Oct 2008 at 11:02

  Technorati tags: UK MVP Open Day       

• Microblogging for October 7th 2008

  Posted: 08 Oct 2008 at 10:14

  Recently I said Welcomes @laurelatoreilly to my mad, mad Twitter world (View) @jdscolam well can’t give you that in 140 chars LOL, DM your email addy and I’ll post you my thoughts (View) @alashcraft LOL, asked to attend the TweetUp, if that’s even a word (View) @Ben

• Why Recruitment Agents Suck

  Posted: 07 Oct 2008 at 15:17

  WTF?!!!!! Dear Gary I have an excellent new opportunity: Civil Engineering Supervisor required to assist with major project in the North East. The successful candidate must have heavy Civil Engineering experience (industrial), experience in a management or supervisory role, experience of

• Win an Xbox Elite Console

  Posted: 06 Oct 2008 at 10:36

  Running until November 28th 2008 Microsoft has a competition to win an Xbox Elite console, all you have to do is to sign up for the MSDN Flash newsletter. Click here to enter. Good luck! Technorati tags: Win an Xbox Elite Console, MSDN Flash Newsletter       

• Microblogging for October 5th 2008

  Posted: 06 Oct 2008 at 10:22

  Recently I said http://twitpic.com/eq0d - Sleepy Sunday (View) @DaveSussman you had a day off yesterday (View) Frost on the grass here this morning. Hello winter my old friend (View) @apwestgarth good luck for today! (View) Why not come and join the conversation at http://www.twi

• Microblogging for September 29th 2008

  Posted: 30 Sep 2008 at 22:10

  Recently I said @markusegger They will appreciate the banks when they are gone and there is no liquidity whatsoever (View) @WinHEC We’ll be at the PDC, dunno about WinHEC though (View) @craigber That being the case, they’ll pay the price at the polls (View) @Ben_Hall I would imagine so,

• Oren Eini in the UK, Want to Hear Him Speak?

  Posted: 30 Sep 2008 at 11:29

  When: Monday 13th October 2008, doors open 6:00pm, meeting starts 6:30pm Where: UWE (University of the West of England), Frenchay, Bristol (see FAQ for directions and a map) - Room 2q50 (in Q block) What: "Producing Production Quality Software" and "Interaction based testing with Rhino M

• You See What I Say You See

  Posted: 29 Sep 2008 at 09:28

  The trouble with one search engine (whomever that may be) dominating the search scene, is that you only get to find, and therefore see, the information that they say you can. For example, I was reading an article on a patent application, made by Google, and I came across this quote (emphasis mine):

• All Your Search Are Belong To Us

  Posted: 18 Sep 2008 at 10:40

  Just downloaded the new beta of my favourite blogging tool (Window Live Writer) and noticed this nice little dialog that came with it It was the “…and prevent programs from interfering with this choice” I particularly liked Technorati tags: Windows Live Writer Beta

• Microblogging for September 17th 2008

  Posted: 18 Sep 2008 at 10:12

  Recently I said Getting ready to leave to present on excel hacks for Scottish developers dundee (View) @ARGibson good question, I’ll find out and let you know (View) @betsyweber Cool, let me know once you are confirmed, I’d love to introduce you to some of the other DevExpress guys (View