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Public Class GeoffAppleby

Inherits Microsoft.VisualBasic.MVP : Implements IBrainFart
The return of the return of the return of the return of the return

    Public Sub Start()

        Dim t As New TimeSpan(SomeLargeNumber(), 0, 0, 0)

        MsgBox("I'm trying to start blogging again")

        Thread.Sleep(t)

        Start()

    End Sub

Yes, I know, I've said it many times now. One of these days it's going to stick though. Honest!

So how have you all been? I've had a pretty messed up 12 months or so, but I'm working again, got money again (well, sorta), and slowly looking at bringing the ole goblin back to life one more time.

Things of note from the last year or so that you may not know:

  • I don't work for Readify any more. Now I'm with Compucat Research.
  • I bought myself an XBox 360 for christmas. Oh my god. I freaking LOVE Lego Star Wars!!!
  • I've spent way too much time downloading TV Shows and Movies. Between my mp3s and avis, I've broken the 1 terrabyte mark. Thank the maker for cheap external hard drives :)
  • The goblin is back at web host 4 life. I still need to look at upgrading to a recent version of CS.
  • My parents have moved in with me (yes, not the other way around) until they find somewhere to live (they've moved back to canberra). Interesting times.
  • I've set up a media centre PC in my lounge room - except for the part where I can't stand windows media centre itself. It's running Vista Ultimate, and I use the TV app that came with the TV card to watch TV (my universal remote can talk to it) and a bluetooth mouse to drive windows explorer and media player for the avis. I need to get a 'proper' media center remote so i can (hopefully) look at using my universal remote to drive all of windows (if it's possible - I know to write my own apps to receive input from the media centre remote, so if nothing else i can write myself my own app to browse and launch avis without a mouse).
  • Last minute addition: I've cut most of my hair of and I have a mo instead of a goatee now.

That really about sums it up I think.  Watch this space.

 

No really.

Posted: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 2:16 PM by Geoff Appleby
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Rory Primrose said:

Still in VB land huh?

# January 16, 2008 5:36 PM

Geoff Appleby said:

Actually, no.

Well, sorta.

It's all C# at work. But I've never really had a problem with flipping between C# and VB anyway - to me they've always really been the same. syntax translation is easy.

But the stuff I do at home is still VB (more on that another time when I get it finished).

(If i get it finished).

(Yeah, I'm still slack :)

# January 16, 2008 8:45 PM

Public Class GeoffAppleby said:

Speaking of returns ...it's time for another stupid quiz! Man, I haven't done one of these in ages (at

# January 16, 2008 9:10 PM

Eber Irigoyen said:

glad to hear you're doing good, I've been going through some of the same stuff

# January 17, 2008 9:21 AM

GG said:

geez, I'd bought and laid a wreath.. I thought you'd carked it.

Something made me keep you in the RSS reader though.. not sure what .. perhaps blind faith or just plain ol' stupidity.

Welcome back Geoff

# January 18, 2008 4:24 AM

Geoff Appleby said:

I'm gonna go with stupidity. Not because you are (I'll reserve that judgement for another time), but because it's fun to pick on people *nods*

But thanks :)

# January 20, 2008 1:56 PM

Chris Burrows said:

Mate...   Glad to hear that you are back in the blogging land and are working!  We should catchup for a coffee or something soon.

# January 21, 2008 1:43 AM

Geoff Appleby said:

Yes indeedy we should!  Are you able to get to belconnen easily? That's where I am, and i'm still carless :)

# January 21, 2008 4:05 AM
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