And all of a sudden, my quarter of probation has flown by and I almost feel a belonging... Even though my desk is perhaps a little close to that air-conditioner, and despite my keyboard repeatedly threatening me with RSI like no other keyboard ever has, I am entranced at being paid to use my head for a change and that is a novelty I hope will never wear off.

Interview... Wicked! Top company too...

And an excuse to go to England for a few days. Sweet!

Might even get some biking in... Peak District, here I come!

This was too beautiful not to stick up here. Perhaps it's a suitable candidate for a little computer program sometime? Buddha in the machine...

There is something vaguely pleasurable in the agony of self-abasement that is drafting job applications... Will the phrase pilfered from the tenth page of a tentative google be the coin under my tongue to get me an interview?

Better luck this time...

Buzzing!

Finally got something somewhat playable to send off to get to become part of something bigger. It's a first playable version of a reversion of the Atari arcade classic Missile Command coded in C++ using the STL and DirectX9.0 as sparingly as possible.

Seems like appropriate content for a first post... A job application goes in the post tomorrow morning. Sweet!