wildwinter

So, nearly a month at the new place and I’m starting to settle in.

I now know what I’m doing at work, which is good; got a handle on the size of the task, which is daunting; but have also realised how much I can remember from the last time I did lots of C/C++ work, which is excellent.

I have learned about AccuRev, and how slow and frustrating it can be (probably when not given enough CPU power to cope).

I have dropped my laptop (boo!) so it no longer hinges properly. Sadly I am skint, so no replacement for me!

I have mucked up my car MOT date and am in danger of being untaxed for a day. Or rather, my car, not me.

I have formulated Future Plans (I think!).

Driving back to Cardiff isn’t too much of a chore; leaving Rach and driving back to Knutsford is…

Since I have been living in this house, the plumbing has broken, the living room roof has started to leak (it’s an internal roof, which is worrying), and a fish has died (so I found a proper use for a fish-slice). It’s not my fault, honest.

Good session of Causa Potentia at Dan’s the weekend before last; good session of planning for Serenity this weekend. Not too many weekends before I’ll have to roll out El Papa Ratto across the bridges of Venice; which is a nice prospect, if financially scary. May have to cut back on the Bellinis.

Mass Effect 2 out on Friday. There go the last vestiges of my free time – or possibly of my sleep…

So here I am, installed Acacia Avenue.

I have already repaired the wireless network, so it’s all very familiar.

Traveller’s Tales for the first time tomorrow morning… maybe I’ll even find out what I’m going to be doing! Sounds like there’ll be more than just me starting there for the first time, too…

Anyhoo — hope everyone had a good festive wossname!

After my rant of a few weeks ago (about the difficulty of getting into games jobs) I have news…

From Jan 2010 I will be a Senior Developer for Traveler’s Tales – the guys behind Lego Star Wars and Lego Indiana Jones. Will be living in Cheshire during the week, and at home in Cardiff for weekends.

All change.

Muppet’s Bohemian Rhapsody:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgbNymZ7vqY

Just a quick reminder that if you’re looking to improve a kid’s vocabulary for Christmas, you can’t do better than My Worst Words.

Just imagine the happily drunken hours around the Christmas tree, watching the grandparents’ faces as their little cherub pipes up with exactly what they see on the page.

G’wan — you know you want to.

Dragon Age is the new Baldur’s Gate.

Highly recommended…

A new AS3 particle engine with some very nice demos:

Stardust

A really neat little AIR-based IDE.

MiniBuilder.

Press Release.

Excellent news…