Ill still.

I remain unwell but I have been back at work since Monday last week (which says more about my work than my illness). Meanwhile I have failed to log the twin's birthday; the bonus testing exercise the Project Manager volunteered me for while he is on leave; my birthday; Graham's birthday; my weekend trip to Townsville; the final round of the national netball competition (Phoenix won the premiership and play Swifts in the major semifinal, Kestrels beat Thunderbirds in Adelaide and they meet there again in the minor semifinal); The Italian Job (I didn't fall asleep); Alix's wedding to David (which was marvellous; Alix looked beautiful, Dave looked delighted); catching up with Andrew and Anna, Chris, Danielle, Dave and Anne, Ken, Lawrie, Polly and Graham, Rob, Ted and Warwick; aunt Nancy and uncle Graeme visiting from Melbourne with cousin Patrick and his new wife Anita visiting from the U.S.A.; and the demise of Jonathan's Sunday game. My list of things to do is falling further behind schedule which is a source of frustration. I must try harder, it is only a virus.  ¶ 13:48 0 comments

  Still ill.

I have been ill. I came home from work on Tuesday morning, stayed home Wednesday and Thursday, and came home again on Friday morning. I have been ill for five and a half days. It is a virus so there is no point going to the doctor, except to find out how people manage to in Canberra where, by all accounts, there are no medical centres and all the private practices are full and taking no new clients. Maybe I'll just pretend I'm not ill on Monday because it is not much fun, and not any fun it couldn't be if I were not ill. I may not be completely rational now, I am ill.  ¶ 23:52 0 comments

  Werner's back.

Today I found out Werner is back in Australia. I know this because he sent a message to lots of people about how he has been renovating his place in Brisbane and recently found some contract work and will be getting married on Sunday 24 August. Fortunately the wedding is a small family event so there is no need to briskly arrange a Brisbane stop over on the way back from Alix's wedding in Townsville the day before.

On Thursday Dave, Linda and I went to Jimbo and Simon's place to play Dave's Dungeons and Dragons game. However Linda had a job application to write so the rest of us had a bit of fun and watched stuff in widescreen. On Friday Linda and I went over to Jimbo and Simon's to have a bit of fun and watch stuff in widescreen. Ryan was also visiting and joined in too. On Sunday Jonathan was unwell so we packed up his Golden game early and Jimbo, Simon and I went back to their place to have a bit of fun and watch stuff in widescreen. Which we did.

The Canberra Newbies beat the Liz Ellis Swifts and injected some dynamic potential into the last two rounds, but not enough to make it into their local paper it seems. The Swifts were playing a double header at home with Sydney Uni Sandpipers; the same circumstances which saw them become the only team to beat defending premiers, Phoenix Powerpuff Girls, earlier this season. However outright favouritism (2nd plays 6th) and the home court advantage was not enough to overcome the loss of the competition's leading scorer, Jane Altschwager, in the third quarter, particularly when she was not replaced by reserve goal shooter Julia Symons. Instead the Swifts sought to shoot themselves in the other foot by thoroughly rearranging their mid-court. Canberra took the lead in the final quarter and won the game 49-47. It is now possible for the Newbies to reach the finals in their first season, but only if they beat Thunderbirds and Phoenix in the final two rounds. I must remember to go and watch their home game next week.  ¶ 15:42 0 comments

  And then...

It turns out that the work which could not be done because the testing environment had not been set up properly, and was preventing any other testing from proceeding, has actually been withdrawn from this release. This in no way explains or excuses the failure of the testing environment set up. However it was said to be the reason the problem was not fixed when it was first identified. A reason which was not given at the time.  ¶ 17:34 0 comments

  Two steps differently forward.

Testing would have started yesterday if the people who were asked to fix the problem with the testing environment had fixed the problem. Instead they had thoroughly investigated the problem and new what had caused it in the first place, but they hadn't fixed it. Yesterday they did fix it; they also simulated the processing which would have happened if it had been set up properly. Today we have a problem because the processing has been duplicated.  ¶ 10:38 0 comments

  Testing, testing... there's a pun in there somewhere.

Testing the first of the two September releases started today, or it would have if the testing environments had been set up properly. And it would have if the people who didn't set it up properly had checked their work instead of waiting for other people to figure out who they were and ask them to fix it. And it also would have if the people who were asked to fix it "as soon as possible" had fixed it as soon as possible (which was lunchtime) instead of when it was convenient (which is tonight).

The netball didn't make it into the newspaper this week (too much golf). The Liz Ellis Swifts took outright second place over the Kathryn Harby-Williams Thunderbirds, and the rest of the Australian squad thrashed Queensland 71-29.  ¶ 21:25 0 comments

  Television makes great movies.

Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle is thoroughly cool. It is the best action movie since Batman and Robin.  ¶ 14:00 0 comments