Perhaps watching films with children changes the way you look at them or my suspended disbelief is getting harder to maintain. Today I was really annoyed about the bunch of adventurers who visited the forest moon in camouflaged uniforms on a critical mission to get the bad guys... BUT yes let's take the shiny gold robot without a spot of mud on him to dampen the shine. I am glad I got that off my chest. Thank you.

Posted by Davy Mitchell on 2007-08-06 22:42:53.
Categories: Fun, General, Personal Tags : C3P0
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His (iPAQ) and Hers (Nintendo DS).

Posted by Davy Mitchell on 2007-03-11 14:21:45.
Categories: Fun, Photos, Personal Tags : Ipaq nintendo ds
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A Picture To Remind Me Of Summer

Posted by Davy Mitchell on 2006-11-17 13:25:20.
Categories: Fun, Personal, Angus, Photos Tags : Scotland Beach Carnoustie Spaniel Springer wet dog sand
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I read this (short) Psalm at Church today. Struck me how bloggable it was. Here's the first of the three verses.

BLB Psa 133(Link) ''[[A Song of degrees of David.]] Behold, how good and how pleasant [it is] for brethren to dwell together in unity!''

Posted by Davy Mitchell on 2006-08-20 22:28:02.
Categories: Christian, Angus, Personal Tags : bloggable psalm church verses unity
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A sunny morning at Arbroath Harbour with Niall, both of us munching fresh doughnuts. Bliss. We should be back there for the SeaFest on Saturday.

Posted by Davy Mitchell on 2006-08-17 22:02:04.
Categories: Angus, Personal, Photos Tags : doughnuts bliss arbroath harbour seafest
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Posted by Davy Mitchell on 2006-08-16 21:46:31.
Categories: General, Fun, Personal, Photos Tags : Scottish Deer Center wildlife scotland fife
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The nearby city of Dundee (where I grew up) has some interesting nautical sights and best of all you can see them thanks to Google.

First is the RSS Discovery which Scott took to the Antartic or as we tell our kids, its a pirate ship. Secondly is the Unicorn which I used to give tours on many years ago. The Unicorn is more interesting as a ship as it is one of a few metal/wood hybrids. Yes it has a roof and no masts. It was in use by the Navy still during World War II.

Finally the sea defence of Broughty Ferry Castle.

Posted by Davy Mitchell on 2006-06-07 21:01:24.
Categories: Angus, Personal Tags : Discovery Dundee Unicorn Castle Nautical Antartic Pirate Sea
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Yes it is time to start using this CMS in anger to run my blog! Made a good find today. It's an advanced sync program that handles ftp, zip and a zillion other things. It costs a little money but looks well worth it. By a major coincidence it is written in Python and has scripting capabilities. For more info have a look at Xellsoft's homepage.

I am in need of more podcasts. The daily supply runs out by mid morning. How ever did we cope before podcasting. Being a great fan of radio, I would love to have a go myself and am eyeing up a USB headset. It would be nice to base something around LateDecember but I'd like a lot of listener contribution so it is a bit chicken and egg to get started. Okay let's see if this manages to arrive on the web...

Posted by Davy Mitchell on 2006-05-02 21:30:04.
Categories: Personal
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Ugh.

Posted by Davy Mitchell on 2006-05-02 21:30:04.
Categories: Personal
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On Friday, I picked up a neat USB microphone. Saturday I played around with Audacity and all the mix settings for a sharp sound. On Sunday, I wake up with a sore throat so I can now croak at the world in high quaility :-) Not fair I want to play with my new toy!!

Posted by Davy Mitchell on 2006-05-02 21:30:04.
Categories: Personal
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Inspired by the Awaretek Podcast's 2006 predictions, I began to come up with my own (and of course blog about them).

Here are my predictions in no particular order:

1. The UK Prime Minister will not be Tony Blair by Dec 31st 2006. Backbenchers are almost in open revolt, the Opposition Tory party is growing stronger and his agenda for Parliament is controversial. However I doubt it will be a simple handover to Gordon Brown though I can't pick out a contender for the crown of New Labour.
2. Google and Apple will collaborate on a mobile hardware product. Doesn't matter what it is - it is bound to cause a huge stir and press coverage.
3. Israel's elections will produce yet another coallition government but stick squarely to the centre left. The issue of Jerusalem will become even more contentious. Peace moves will be made with the PA. As usual any deal will lead to an increase in violence from the terrorist groups.
4. The Cinema will continue to decline. In 5-10 years, I see films being merged into TV production so don't expect movies but more high-quality (I hope) mini-series and franchises.
5. The retail sector will take some tough knocks but a few painful consolidations will strengthen it. Expect less mid-size chains but more mega-stores such as Tesco in the UK.
6. An easy one but Podcasting will become even more mainstream. Video blogs will become more numerous
7. I agree with Ron Stephen's on this one, Python (and other 'scripting' languages) will be the programming language of choice. Classic choices such as C++ and Java will have a strong place but lose favour.

I will keep an eye on these things and at the end of 2006 review each one. Have a great New Year!

Posted by Davy Mitchell on 2006-05-02 21:30:04.
Categories: Personal
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Whoosh! What was that? That was one sixth of 2006 flying by. A lot has happened and there is much to do. On the positive side I have a new job lined up. I have a strict 'no blogging about work' policy (self-enforced) so I won't link to my new company's website but the work is more in the direction I want - SQL and web (ASP,COM, .NET) and the business domain is very similar to the company where I've worked for over 5 years. Besides that I need to get a new car and a new house with the former being the most urgent. This is supposedly a good time to get a car in the UK before the 06 registrations come out. This time I may buy new for the peace of mind of a warranty. Let's hope at least one of those is solved in the next 2 months!

Posted by Davy Mitchell on 2006-05-02 21:30:04.
Categories: Personal
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