http://blogs.nonado.net/diamond They told me at the front desk i could have a puppy... Fri, 15 Aug 2008 20:27:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Today we had the handover of our new apartment from the estate agency. Despite all our worries that they might be mean, things went smoothly, and we're now the proud possessors of a shiny set of keys for said apt. As we saw in the newspaper yesterday, out of the ... http://blogs.nonado.net/diamond/2008/08/15/diamondzrhtmpaccom-cd/ Last night, Noirin decided that my attachment to this planet (and life thereon) could be adequately summarised by the utterance "Yaaay planet!". I can kinda see her point. http://blogs.nonado.net/diamond/2008/07/25/attachment/ So, Noirin has gotten a job with google in zurich, and i'm transferring over there to be with her. We're both starting in google.ch at the beginning of august (2008). Time to start learning german i guess. http://blogs.nonado.net/diamond/2008/06/03/have-i-mentioned-zurich/ When the book suggests using GNU Emacs1 and the footnote says: 1Available from Free Software Foundation, 1000 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A. Retro. The book in question is COMMON LISP: An Interactive Approach, published in 1992. I've tried learning lisp before, but the book i tried went about it all wrong, for ... http://blogs.nonado.net/diamond/2008/05/03/how-you-know-when-a-book-predates-widespread-internet-availablilty/ Today i: climbed out a window at the top of one of the highest buildings in the country to pry a dead fox with a plank of wood so that we could open a door My day was awesome. Thanks noirin -) http://blogs.nonado.net/diamond/2007/10/19/extreme/ This post was meant to be made on the basis of some notes that i was keeping on one of my palm treos. Unfortunately, i mis-read a dialog box while syncing it to the pc, and had it's data overwritten by the backup from the other treo. Oh well ,-) Instead, ... http://blogs.nonado.net/diamond/2007/04/30/not-quite-what-was-intended/ So, since the last post. I've decided to try and list some of the things that have happened since: Moved into the new apartment with niall Spent most of the christmas holidays doing IT support at home Went to zurich for a week on buisness. ... http://blogs.nonado.net/diamond/2007/02/21/its-been-a-while/ Just signed the lease and received the keys for this place. After 2 months 3 weeks of being homeless, it's a most wonderful relief to finally have a place to live, and a nice place in a kickass location at that. Oh, and the lease we signed set the rate ... http://blogs.nonado.net/diamond/2006/12/14/joyous-joy/ Found an excellent place to live yesterday. Good location for non-retardedly life draining commuting, lovely apartment, spacious, 2 large double-bedrooms, rent within budget etc. The only downside was that the lease was only available for 4 months as the landlord was wanting to sell, and was hoping the housing market ... http://blogs.nonado.net/diamond/2006/12/06/so-close/ On 11/29/06, Stephen Shirley wrote: > I managed to strain something in my wrist yesterday. > It seems to be getting better, taking today off to try > and rest it up. Failed to get better, doctor has ordered me to rest it till monday, girlfriend complains that i never take her ... http://blogs.nonado.net/diamond/2006/11/30/doctor-doctor-2/