Monthly Archives: April 2010

///, originally uploaded by rutty.

120/365

I love working here, even though the drive down to Coventry is a pain in the arse. When we first started working in this building I was amazed by the effort put into making such a great working environment. So much money spent on R&D in the UK.

I still can’t get my head around why they decided to spend all this cash then change their mind less than a year later and sell us down the river to China.

Well, I can imagine why but it doesn’t mean that I have to like it.

I like my job. It’s interesting, varied and pays me enough to get by. I just hope that, come September, I can find another job like this closer to home

Heading Home, originally uploaded by rutty.

119/365

Oh, M1. We’ve got to know each other quite a bit over the last couple of years. I’ve been up and down your grey lanes far too frequently since my job moved down to Coventry.

It’s not working out for me. I’d like to start seeing other roads, and I don’t mean the M69.

TMA4, originally uploaded by rutty.

118/365

It’s nearly time to get my penultimate assignment in for marking. I’ve been leaving these a bit late for this course (T175 OU course) and it’s always a bit hairy whether I’ll get it done or not.

This time I’m almost done with a whole day to go before the deadline. Go me.

I’ve not found this particular course to be particularly interesting. There’s an awful lot of existing knowledge coming into play and I’ve got good marks so far with not very much effort. I much preferred the first module as it included some JavaScript programming.

Onwards and upwards, though

Arise, originally uploaded by rutty.

117/365

Setting off to work in the day is never that much fun. However, we do get to see some nice sunrises.

Mark was driving today and I saw this golden streak heading up from the sun.

This isn’t much compensation for having to drag my tired arse out of bed at 04:40 though

Ethernets, originally uploaded by rutty.

First day back at work after our extended Cypriot adventure.

We use a lot of cables at work. Lots. We have fibres and LAN cable travelling all over the place.

This photo is the rear side of one patch panel. One of many. We have many ethernets

This is, sadly, not in Cyprus, originally uploaded by rutty.

Back home from Cyprus.

England, I love you but your weather is somewhat disappointing

Shadows, originally uploaded by rutty.

114/365

Time to leave Cyprus. It was nice to have a few extra days – thanks Finland! – but England here we come. We’ll be in Nottingham once we’ve negotiated Gatwick and the M1.

HUGE props to my Dad for coming to pick us up. I’m not sure we’d have survived the connecting coach trip to East Midlands with our sanity intact

Taken with my iPhone & given an old-camera look in Lo-mob

Five more minutes, originally uploaded by rutty.

13/365

I took this at 7am just after I opened the curtains. Ruby hardly stirred, though I suspected she’s pretending to be asleep.

She’s just like her Dad

Factor 50, originally uploaded by rutty.

112/365

We have to be very careful with Ruby in the sun and so we’ve brought lashings of Factor 50 with us to keep her safe from UV rays.

She’s bound to have sensitive skin. Both her mum and dad are prone to redness and peeling due to excessive sunshine, so we’ve all been using the Factor 50. No lovely glowing skin for us then