Is this thing on?

I thought I might make a return to blogging after a rather long absence – I only went out for a pint of mik.

So, what *have* I been doing instead of blogging? Well, apart from being a great husband and terrific father, I’ve mainly been using what small amount of spare intellect I have left (after remembering my name and how to chew gum) to retrain myself to write bugs in Java instead of RPG (and other legacy type stuff). I think I’ve done rather well considering.

Expect more techie type posts as I desperately try to be taken seriously and fewer reference to Liz Hurley’s pedulous orbs.

So here I am. Happy now?

And, in keeping with my previous blogging style – bugger this, I’m off to the pub!

Twang!

You gotta love GMail. Whilst sending a mail asking for advice on String manipulation in Java, I noticed that the sponsored ads gave me a link to a “Professional female string quintet” for hire and another to a site offering “Micro String Bikinis”.

Of course, I put two and two together…

Are you *still* there

Thought I might knock out a quick post, just to see if it still works.

On little boys, herding cats and too many sweets

I spent a few happy hours on Saturday taking Sam and six of his mates to the cinema for Sam’s birthday treat. I didn’t manage to lose any of them, in spite of their very best efforts. Every few seconds they seemed to perform a co-ordinated “bomb burst” maneouvre – the phrase “herding cats” springs readily to mind.

I”m pleased to report, however, that I managed to make two of them sick by taking an overly relaxed approach to the number of sweets they were allowed to eat. Bertie threw up on the station platform after turning several different shades of green and white. Harvey saved it until he got home, which is technically out of my control: his mother reported that it was mainly chocolate based.

I suggest that you don’t bother to see Arthur and the Invisibles – load of old tripe!

A daughter – Charlotte Williams Rose

Cathy and I are the proud parents of a beautiful baby girl who was born at 01:16 this morning in The Royal Surrey Hospital, Guildford. She weighs in at a might 9lbs (or 4.090 kilos if you’re that way inclined). We haven’t chosen a name yet but you’ll be amongst the first to know when we do. Here’s a photo to be going on with (there are a few more in my Flickr photostream over here on the right).

Last post

I haven’t posted for ages because I’ve been a bit busy learning some Java – so…

public class HappyNewYear {

    public static void main(String[ ] args) {

        System.out.println("Happy New Year!");

    }

}

Impressed?

Suggest us up

With only two months to go until the scheduled arrival date of the next Neveratoss junior our shortlist of potentail names is erm… short. We don’t know the sex of the baby yet but, if it’s any help, the witches covens in both Haslemere and up London have a “feeling” that it will be a girl: we had three magpies in the garden the other day which just about clinches for them. Sam is convinced that we’re having a boy and that he will be called Elvis. I’m convinced that it will be either a girl or a boy.

We need some suggestions, which is where you, dear reader, come in. Suggest away.

ERROR – Please fix

I just received the best ever error message…

Message . . . . : DATABASE ERROR in file , key , in , at

Crikey!

Australian naturalist Steve Irwin, in an interview shortly before his recent untimely death, said that as a child he quite enjoyed watching the Thunderbirds but there would always be a place in his heart for Stingray.

Why you little…

I think that Sam is watching too much TV. Yesterday he went to an activity day at the local sports centre for a day of, erm… activities. When I arrived home he was watching The Simpsons…

“How was your day Sammy?”
“Great!”
“Where did you go?”
“Erm… Springfield.”

Doh!