Daniel’s Blog

I hoped to have a mini reports done day-by-day, but a restricted Internet service at my hotel and the venue meant that I wasn’t as able to as I wanted. So here it is, a bigger report. I’ll do it in an interview style.
What was XTech 2008 generally about?
XTech 2008 was about “The Web on […]

OK, so I’ve fully moved in now to my flat in Bristol (well, there are a few things still to unpack and to sort out…. but everything is now in the new flat). I had a few problems getting the Internet sorted quickly, but I have just received my shiny new cable modem.
Over the past […]

Everything is fine with the letting agents in Bristol. I can get the keys on Monday
…right.. back to XTech (fingers crossed my talk later will go well).

Arg!!!
Three problems I have at the moment:
* Banks
* Letting Agents
* Inconvenient timings
My tenancy in my new flat in Bristol is due to start tomorrow (7th May), but I plan to pick up the keys on the 12th and move in fully by the 17th.
The problem with the bank
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Apparently they couldn’t recognise my signature on the […]

ok the schedule for XTech2008:

Day -1 (today, 4th May 2008): The day before I take the plane to Dublin… at my parents house in North West Kent!
Day 0 (tomorrow, 5th May 2008 = UK Public Holiday): I get the plane from Gatwick airport and arrive in Dublin. Try to find my way from Dublin airport […]

Don’t consider me weird…
Yes I have started reading a Deepak Chopra book (”The Third Jesus”) in my (very little) spare time… mainly to read when I am not at the conference next week, and during my week off the week after. Plus I’ve just bought the newest album by Kula Shaker “Strangefolk“.
Seriously I’m not weird, […]

So just a quick blog post (while my stomach digests my miso-noodles) which I have been thinking about doing for a while.
I wanted to let you know of various who have inspired me and in some way influenced my thoughts and actions. I’ll start with the ones within Computer Science, and then go into […]

I am currently doing some work while on the coach on the way back to Oxford from my parents house in north west Kent, and there is a bit of a traffic jam:

Its quite close to High Wycombe on the M40, and…. oh… it looks like we are now out of the jam. Probably added […]

I do not have a very good experience with the Royal Mail in Oxford… my post often arrives two weeks to a month after it was sent (even first class) (although it has got a little better recently), I have sent things which have got lost (or got to their destination at least two weeks […]

Something quite amazing is going on, it goes beyond the goodness of any religion or creed, and I saw it in action today in Oxford City Centre.
Its the Free Hugs Campaign, which is a campaign where people out of pure selfless kindness offer hugs (aka cuddles) as a method of support to anyone who approaches. […]