Rory Hart

2015-01-02

I’ve owned Mage Knight a long time and previously only played a co-op scenario. It is a long game with a complex set of rules. As the Shut Up & Sit...

2014-12-30

I would love to use Docker but keep finding edge cases that block its usage. Today the hurdle is with our private repositories and docker build. The...

2014-12-23

If you’re into AI or futurism I highly recommend reading Accelerando by Charles Stross, it is a brilliant example of science-fiction’s power to explore...

2014-11-20

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2014-06-17

One of the most impressively sized books on my bookshelf is Introduction to Database Systems, an artefact of my university years. It had an equally “impressive...

2014-06-16

Today I attended a full day workshop presented by Sam Newman and Scott Shaw on micro-services. Most people seemed pretty up with the why of micro-services...

2014-06-10

I’ve set myself the goal of attending one software meetup per week. I enjoy attending conferences, and meetups are like micro-conferences. You meet people...

2013-12-29

A pretty landmark year was 2013. April 6 first of all, as it was the day I got engaged to the spectacular Li atop the almost as spectacular Mt Sturgeon...

2013-11-28

I don’t think I have read a more cheesy science fiction book since I was a teenager reading early Heinlein novels. The Lost Fleet series is pretty...

2013-09-28

I haven’t watched much anime lately, Planetes and Death Note were the last two I watched through. However a few friends have been raving about Attack...