We started the day with high hopes, although we had to struggle to keep perspective once things started to go wrong. Not big things, mind you, just nuisance issues that slowed us down. Like the pressure washer not working because the cleaner didn't… more »

You've heard them, probably even been a victim of one, either at a party or on the end of a phone, that annoying person who insists on speaking in a stream of jargon, expecting you to understand what the heck they are talking about. They are Jargonista,… more »

After spending an exhausting, yet exhilarating four days at the MySQL Users Conference and Expo I managed to get away from it all in the Sierra Nevadas, which span the California and Nevada borders. The name Sierra Nevada means Snowy Range, and even in… more »

I used to indulge in Retail Therapy. I was working long hours and so was my partner, and we would both go out and make ourselves feel a bit better by buying ourselves something. It could have been new clothes that we would probably wear once in a… more »

This will most likely be my last "Letter from America", at least for the moment as this is my last night in this country. Tomorrow I fly home to Australia, and from late spring into what is by all accounts an early winter. I normally like to travel… more »