Blogging Two blog posts this week. One reviewing places I had eaten in whilst in Edinburgh and one related to this week’s big training announcement. Training and Speaking A few weeks ago, I announced a free training course I will be running in August. As it was so popular, this week I decided to run… Continue reading Week Notes 24
Modern Perl for Non-Perl Programmers
Normally I keep my Perl posts over on my Perl blog. But although this post is about Perl, the regular readers of my Perl blog aren’t really the target audience. That’s because I’m running a training course that is aimed at programmers who don’t use Perl. If you’re a programmer who is interested in learning… Continue reading Modern Perl for Non-Perl Programmers
Eating in Edinburgh
There are some great places to eat in Edinburgh. And some less great ones. Here are capsule reviews of some of the places we ate at on our recent trip to the city. Rendezvous We usually arrive in Edinburgh on Friday evening and this is a good default choice close to the place where we… Continue reading Eating in Edinburgh
Week Notes 22 & 23
Holiday I have an excuse for not writing week notes last weekend. I was on holiday in Edinburgh and was deliberately staying away from the internet as much as possible – not that that’s really possible with a smartphone in your pocket. Health Bit of a mixed bag this week. Being on holiday meant that… Continue reading Week Notes 22 & 23
Week Notes 21
Blogging I finally wrote some blog posts. It wasn’t about anything that I though I might blog about this week, but there are three blog posts about my run-in with See Tickets. And I have a couple of ideas for other blog posts. Including one about what I’ll be doing this afternoon. Health Last week… Continue reading Week Notes 21
Ticket Refund Update
[There are two earlier posts that you might want to read before this one] I mentioned yesterday that See Tickets customer support were trying to get hold of me. I spoke to them in the early afternoon. It was their customer services manager and she wanted to apologise for the way I had been treated… Continue reading Ticket Refund Update
Five Pounds and Twenty Pence
[New readers should probably read the background before proceeding] The figure of £5.20 has come up in some of the discussion of this issue. It’s the difference between what I paid for the tickets and what See Tickets want to refund me. It’s come up in two ways. Firstly a couple of people have said… Continue reading Five Pounds and Twenty Pence
See Tickets
Anyone who buys tickets for gigs, plays or sporting events will have horror stories about how a reasonably priced ticket suddenly became a lot less reasonably priced once booking fees, transaction fees and postage fees had been added on. I’ve often wondered why the face value of tickets doesn’t just include a fixed amount that… Continue reading See Tickets
Week Notes 19 & 20
Blogging Another fortnight with no blog posts. This is getting serious. And it’s not just here. I haven’t blogged on Perl Hacks for almost a month either. There’s a trickle of posts on Wasted Inches, but there’s nothing I can do about that as the schedule is determined by my ten-years-ago self. I don’t even… Continue reading Week Notes 19 & 20
Week Notes 17 & 18
Another fortnight with no blog posts. Health Getting used to paying close attention to what I’m eating and how much I’m exercising. And for the first week of this fortnight that was starting to work and I shifted a few pounds. This week I’ve been staying in a hotel in Edinburgh and all of my… Continue reading Week Notes 17 & 18