The Chicken Coop Development, with chickens. Because chickens are cool. (aka Nic Wise's blog)

Archive for November 2009

London lite(s)

In general, travel on 26 November 2009 with Comments Off

London is a series of valleys

In general, travel on 26 November 2009 with Comments Off

fake-a-roids

In general, travel on 25 November 2009 with Comments Off

Using Shake It Photo iphone app.

unlocking the iphone on o2

In general on 10 November 2009 with Comments Off

http://shop.o2.co.uk/update/unlockmyiphone.html
Enough said. Unlocked within 14 days.
[update: mine is done now. I got an SMS from O2, then I had to put a non-O2 sim in and connect it to iTunes. After a couple of minutes, it got a new Carrier settings, and it works. Yay!]

working at home – the ups and downs

In general on 10 November 2009 with 8 comments

I’ve been working at home for a little over a week now, and so far it’s been an interesting experience.
On the plus side, my coffee intake is down, a lot. I usually had 3-4 cups a day (of espresso), now I’m down to 2-3, depending if I remember to have one in the afternoon, rather [...]

HOW IT IS

In general on 7 November 2009 with Comments Off

HOW IT IS, originally uploaded by Nic Wise.

Miroslaw Balka’s exhibition (if you can call it that) in the Tate in London. An excellent messing with the senses. Also reminds me of the set of the movie Cube.

New York?

In general on 7 November 2009 with Comments Off

New York?, originally uploaded by Nic Wise.

HOW IT IS

In general on 7 November 2009 with Comments Off

HOW IT IS, originally uploaded by Nic Wise.

learning PostgreSQL – being a n00b once again feels strange

In general, tech on 6 November 2009 with 2 comments

It’s been a while since I’ve been a n00bie*. I’ve been coding for a long time now, but most of it has been in technologies that have evolved from what I knew before – Delphi to Java to c# and .NET, then to Roby, Python and PHP (ok, that was a step backwards, but it [...]

Autumn in paris

In travel on 1 November 2009 with Comments Off