http://www.bright-green.com/blog/ Alan Green Writes en-us 2007-08-15T01:36:35+00:00 http://bright-green.com/blog/2007_08_15/death_by_coffee_dont_let.html Instant coffee should come with a health warning, and a special number to call in case you accidentally get some in your mouth... Tall Tales Stuff alang 2007-08-15T01:36:35+00:00 http://bright-green.com/blog/2007_03_02/funny_thing_life.html Andrew reckons that life is a like a metaphor. Perhaps, but I reckon life is a simile. Tall Tales Stuff alang 2007-03-02T20:57:32+00:00 http://bright-green.com/blog/2007_01_01/step_by_step_to_a.html The last paragraph of my previous post wasnt particularly clear. Heres a step-by-step guide to modelling the Suns direction at sunset, using only a ball, a lamp, and a texta. Put a lamp up one end of the room. This will be the Sun. Get a ball to re... Python javablogs Tall Tales alang 2007-01-01T20:19:56+00:00 http://bright-green.com/blog/2007_01_01/sydneyside_southerly_sunset.html Julian has an astronomical puzzle. He claimed: If you are located further South than the Tropic of Capricorn, then the Sun will never be directly overhead, and furthermore will only appear in the Northern half of the sky. I predicted that this fa... Python javablogs Tall Tales alang 2007-01-01T00:22:44+00:00 http://bright-green.com/blog/2006_10_04/google_ate_my_feeds.html I was quite enjoying the new Google Reader for a while there. Then it started showing me items Id already read. Then it started miscalculating the counts on the left hand side. Now it tells me that I am not subscribed to any feeds at all. Its not nor... Software Development Rants Tall Tales alang 2006-10-04T03:21:03+00:00 http://bright-green.com/blog/2006_09_08/ex_military_dba.html Currently, Dilbert is working with an ex-military type. It reminds of my first ever consulting engagement, where we had an ex-ASASR DBA. He was a bit like the character in the Dilbert strip, though quieter and more dangerous. His name was not David, ... Software Development javablogs Tall Tales alang 2006-09-08T12:22:44+00:00 http://bright-green.com/blog/2006_08_30/recycled_beans.html Via email, from my dainty little sister, entitled Read before lunch: A young cowboy walks into a seedy cafe in Prescott, AZ. He sits at the counter and notices an old cowboy with his arms folded staring blankly at a full bowl of chili. After fifte... Tall Tales alang 2006-08-30T22:16:22+00:00 http://bright-green.com/blog/2006_08_11/friday_cheer_up.html Find Friday afternoons hard? Well cheer-up: Monday is only two days away! Hurrah! PS: Heres a five minute (mostly SFW) video that might help, too. Tall Tales Stuff alang 2006-08-11T03:20:37+00:00 http://bright-green.com/blog/2006_06_23/friday_afternoon_gross_out.html Sarah shares her knowledge of the US and UK cat-food industries. Of course the Australian industry would be completely different. Tall Tales Stuff alang 2006-06-23T04:15:26+00:00 http://bright-green.com/blog/2006_06_14/hello_bright_green_world.html Regular visitors will note that this website has changed its name from cardboard.nu to bright-green.com. Ive been meaning to make the switch for some time now, partly so that people no longer look at me funny when I spell out my email address, and pa... Java Stuff Christian Life Python Tall Tales Rants alang 2006-06-14T13:26:25+00:00 http://bright-green.com/blog/2006_05_30/the_curious_incident_of_the.html A production issue puzzle-mystery, complete with multiple players, subtle clues, red herrings and a satisfying conclusion. javablogs Java Tall Tales alang 2006-05-30T07:47:49+00:00 http://bright-green.com/blog/2006_05_10/in_the_war_against_spam.html Someone is emailing me J.R.R. Tolkiens The Hobbit. This last week, thousands of advertisements for prescription drugs have arrived in my inbox, and, at the bottom of each, is a little bit of the The Hobbit. It makes me smile in a most un-spamly manne... Tall Tales Stuff alang 2006-05-10T00:50:09+00:00 http://bright-green.com/blog/2006_02_26/keep_the_bus_interested.html A colleague just pointed out that public transport in Sydney is cheap, provided you keep the bus interested: cash fares are an inexpensive way to make single trips. Tickets are purchased from the driver each time you bored the bus. So: wear brig... Tall Tales Stuff alang 2006-02-26T23:44:53+00:00 http://bright-green.com/blog/2005_11_21/scraping_the_bottom_of_the.html In the lunch room, my wife spied a co-worker reading an article from the sports section of our citys upmarket newspaper, The Sydney Morning Herald. The accompanying photograph shows the startling physique of champion swimmer Michael Klim: Unfortun... Tall Tales Stuff alang 2005-11-21T09:49:56+00:00 http://bright-green.com/blog/2005_10_10/inside_every_nerd.html Inside every nerd is a comedian, struggling to get out. We brought a clients old CVS repository back to the office. I put it onto a server and emailed the CVSROOT details to a colleague. He wrote back: Thanks. Ill check it out. Check it out! Get ... Software Development javablogs Tall Tales alang 2005-10-10T23:05:27+00:00