Thursday, September 1, 2011 at 07:20PM 
We have another winner of an LG Optimius 7 phone. This time the result was actually pretty close. But in the end Michael Clayton came in with a well impressive set of figures for his Breakout game. Congratulations sir. Catch up with me in the department and I’ll give you your prize. Thanks to LG and the Windows Phone team for sponsoring the competition. Perhaps we’ll have more competitions soon…
Wednesday, August 31, 2011 at 07:15PM 
If you haven’t heard the “Bud Lite Presents” series of radio advertisements then you are in for a treat. I’ve no idea when they were recorded, but they are excellent. I’ve always had a soft spot for Budweiser beer, ever since they started using my software to put datestamps on their bottles, and the adverts are just great.
My favourite is “Mr. Fancy Coffee Shop Coffee Pourer”, but you may have your own. Best used as part of a “random play” list on your favourite music player (mine’s a Zune). You can get the mp3s from here (although you have to wade past some annoying advertising).
Link Tuesday, August 30, 2011 at 06:55PM 
Just noticed (to my abject horror) that my Sunday games was posted on Monday, and my Monday reminders were posted on Tuesday. I’ve fixed it with a bit of temporal adjustment.
Programmers have a thing about consistency, (it is one of the better ways to make things work and manageable) but perhaps I’m taking it a bit too far. One of my favourite quotations is from Ralph Waldo Emerson – “A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.”
I remind myself of this whenever I make temporal adjustments and back-date blog posts just to keep my record of one post per day intact. I’ve only “missed” one day in around five or six years (as I remember). But then again, I’ve always had the philosophy that I blog for my own amusement, if anyone else likes it that’s just icing on the cake…
Life Monday, August 29, 2011 at 07:53PM 
A couple of things to remember today:
Optimus Quest 2
If you want to send me some Windows Phone Marketplace stats before the end of the month (i.e. tomorrow) then you might have a chance to win an LG Optimus 7 Windows Phone. Send your screenshots of the Marketplace to optimusQuest2@robmiles.com
Job with Rob
The closing date for applications to the Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTP) which I mentioned earlier is quite soon. If you fancy working on a really interesting project in a nice part of the world you should get your applications in before Thursday.
Sunday, August 28, 2011 at 06:47PM 
Spent some of today playing games with no computer involved at all. Great stuff. Although I managed to destroy my car just before the final corner. Oh well.
Life 