Mike Little’s Journalized

A fundamental rule of developing web applications is “Never trust data from the outside world.”
If you don’t this can happen. Read it carefully.
In case they take it down or fix it I’ve taken a snapshot

Thanks to Donncha for the link.

The WordPress team has grown!
We now have Donncha O’Caoimh and Mike Tremoulet on board. More coming soon.

Work
Another odd week this week. I think I’ve only done about half a day of scheduled work. The rest has been investigating production problems, fixing bugs, etc. All unplanned work.
Cycling
I’ve been cycling to and from Stockport train station this week as I mentioned earlier. Tonight I decided to cycle home from the office without going on the train. I didn’t really struggle, but it did seem to be hard work. It’s only 7.5 miles and it took me about 45 minutes (which is quicker than the train/bus trip I used to take), I was pretty tired at the end (the last quarter mile is uphill!), but I recovered (heart rate down, breathing normal) much quicker than I thought I would. All very encouraging. I shall try to do the same again all next week.
Weather
It’s been too hot in the office again today. I didn’t get my thermometer out, but I seemed to be much warmer than the 86 degrees we had on Wednesday. Outside it had apparently been a glorious sunny day. Jamie spent most of it outdoors today. I expect it will go away for the weekend!

Almost five days now with neither cigarettes or nicotine patches. (edit: After 28 days with nicotine patches). It has been harder the last two days. I think the 72 hours to rid your body of nicotine must be true. I did notice a difference after that time. Basically, the two times when I have been getting cravings anyway; 11am and after midnight have been particularly bad the last two days. I think I am seeing the appetite suppression effect of smoking going away. I keep thinking I am really hungry! Of course only at times when its convenient to snack! I’ve been (mostly) resisting; having fruit when I can.
Over all I think I’ve done well. I’ve still got some way to go though.