It's a light.... There a the end of the tunnel.

That's right... Finally... A job interview. Next Thursday I'm off to try and convince someone that I'm worth employing as a software engineer and that the last 6 years were just a clerical error.

So I'm busily swotting up on my C++ and databases as that's what they're after.

Oddly, there was an earthquake last night. Weird because earthquakes in the UK are really rare, not being anywhere near a faultline or anything. I wonder how this is possible. It certainly merits further study.

It's time for a bit of a sit.

Well... Back from Paris and I'm absolutely exhausted.

Not only did we manage to do most of the tourist stuff: Eiffel Tower, Louvre, Notre Dame, Pont Neuf etc; but we also managed to get around a few alternative bars as well. If you like rock, metal etc then I can highly recommend either the Katabar near the Moulin Rouge or Les Furieux near Bastillle.

Another cunning little trick I picked up is that if you want free internet access from a hotel then make sure your laptop is running Linux. It seems to bypass the credit card sign-up procedure.

Anways... time for a big cup of tea and a bit of a sit.

It's nearly time.

Well... This time tomorrow I'll be in Paris.

I'm really looking forward to, it's our five year anniversary and we've got the weekend away together without the sprog. :)

No really huge developments to report, I've started work on a code demo for applying for games programming jobs. My two options are either an R-Type clone or a 3-D environment walk-around. Still not quite sure which yet. It does get very frustrating when learning a new thing, you just want to be able to do it straight away instead of having to go through all the 'Hello Worlds' and other applications. Ah well...

Fun little site for you to check out if you like musical comedy:

RobP's Page

I can highly recommend the Pachelbel Rant.

Bon Soir!

It's starting to look up

Had a call from a recruiter yesterday, based on the updated cv I sent out on Saturday. Now all I need to do is convince them that I'm still good enough at development despite many years away from it professionally.

Successes over the last few days include: Re-Configuring Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition to use the Windows Platform SDK and DirectX; Finally getting 3d support working on my laptop (cursed savage s3 drivers).

So hopefully good news will follow in terms of jobs.

If anyone out there wants to know how any of these linux/windows workarounds have been achieved then by all means drop me a line.