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jamesbetteley

  1. The awesome @ElMundio87 who I steal most of my blog ideas from, has his own blog! Check it out! elmundio.net/blog/
  2. I'm not saying I believe in god or anything, but there are chocolate chip cookies in the kitchen today, and I did pray for that last night.
  3. just want to clarify that I did actually have horse for dinner this week, and yes, it was the mane course.
  4. I had horse steak last night. That's a real fact, not even a made up one. It tasted like cat.
  5. Zurich is on the shores of Lake Zurich, in Zurich County, Zurichland.
  6. In Zurich, shaking hands with people has been completely outlawed. High fives are the only accepted form of greeting.
  7. Today is a bank holiday in Zurich. They all have the day off in celebration of Phil Collins' birthday. He's revered as a god here.
  8. my time in Zurich has come to an end. Off to the airport soon. Here are some interesting FACTS about Zurich:
  9. spent the last 6 hours trying to work out why unzipping something in cygwin using -q -o -a is not maintaining symlinks. Still don't know.
  10. In a bank in Zurich setting up a Continuous Integration system. Smells of cheese in here.
  11. @ElMundio87 and I are having differing degrees of success working with Jenkins today. But to be fair, he's actually doing proper work
  12. @Tyraid I always thought Lucern was just people saying Lausanne wrong.
  13. Off to Zurich next week to setup C.I. in a bank. What's to do in Zurich of an evening?
  14. Found a nice pen in one of the meeting rooms. #winner
  15. I stop looking at my daily ToDo list after 2pm because it's just too damn demoralising.
  16. @Jamiehuwroberts you must visit the many museums and art galleries while you're there...
  17. @stacytowler @ffynnonearms only because dad changed my 10cc answer while I wasn't looking. #wewasrobbed
  18. Maven the Version Number Nazi wp.me/pJajN-8y
  19. @robdelaney Those aren't the hemorrhoids you are looking for...
  20. @MorganStoddart @Jamiehuwroberts stop gaying up the internet.