You should update all of your links to http://travellerwithatale.com because that is where I can be found these days.
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You should update all of your links to http://travellerwithatale.com because that is where I can be found these days.
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I remember a time, not that long ago, when I could download and install eclipse, get up and running with servlet development and finish really really quickly.Now I have to choose what version I want (the regular one???) and then I have to go and install all sorts of plugins and external apps before I cant even start.This sucks.What happened to usability.
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For the fourth (yes fourth) time this year (since January), the sewage pumps underneath my building have failed, catastrophically. You see, under my building is a car park (the same car park in which my car was written off in an immense, newsworthy, flooding), which gets filled with raw sewage if it isn’t sucked away into London’s wonderful sewage system.The pump which removes said sewage has failed on each of these occasions because it has to deal with the problems caused by certain inconsiderate individuals flushing nappies down their toilets (why on earth you would think that is sensible I do not know). And each time giant tankers have arrived, replacing the pump until it can be repaired (even though it is cheaper to install a new one), sucking our waste into their bellies and keeping us smell free down below. This time, however, it would seem some insane person has decided that the noise these tankers make has an unacceptable effect on the quality of sleep some of the residents receive during this already distressing time, and decided that we would all be better off not using any water at night, and thus avoiding the need to pump at night, saving those poor residents whose ears hurt. The giant flaw in this plan is, of course, that we won’t all remember, or even want to not use water at night, after all the basic human needs of defecation take precedent over a good nights sleep. The irony of this all is that whilst in LA this summer, I my self complained about a sewage tanker outside my hotel room whilst trying to sleep at 5am!
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Last night was my very first attendance at a Girl Geek Dinner. I had a really great time, met some very interesting people, and will totally be going back. Having said that (which I felt I needed to first in case this turns into a bit of a rant, and you don’t read to the end) there were some things that I found a little odd.
There was the guy (who shall remain anonymous, mostly as I don’t remember his name) (yes, guy, at a Girl Geek Dinner, I’ll come onto that later) who interrupted one of the speakers and several questioners in a rather intimidating way. Clearly I have no objection to men being involved in most (but not all) women’s events, and it can be a good thing, however I do feel that it is important that women should never feel marginalized at our own events by men trying to take over the floor, nor do I think excess amounts of time should be spent addressing a specific man’s view of our view on the world (of course talking about men and their perspectives in general is quite different). So this annoyed me. If you read this, and I’m sure you know who you are, this is nothing personal, just I felt it might have been the wrong venue to address your questions in.
So, men, know your place at women’s events, keep quiet and let us do the talking!
I was also a little shocked (as Mel said I would be) with the lack of young women there. Afterall there must be hundreds of us in London, and yet there were just a handful (out of maybe 50 women in total) of us there. It would be really nice to encourage (somehow) more young women to get involved. I’m certainly going to start pushing hard on my College friends to come.
There we go, some thoughts, hopefully not a rant, and a promise that I will return.
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