I’ve found these two different tools while on my adventures around the internet. Gliffy the visio killer? While its nice, Visio has alot more images/items (whatever you want to call them). However it is a nice product for doing quick diagrams and one day I drew up a proposed network design for home. I’ll upload a copy (when I can get it off my laptop in work).
I’ve only discovered Imagination Cubed from GE now, and i’m not too sure what to make of it. The fact you can invite other people into your whiteboard seems promising and I think this is the only web-based application whiteboard I know of.
After booking online for my provisional drivers license theory test (which is outsourced to the UK) I was given a test date of 05/07/06 at 9:45am. So I took the morning off to take this test and get all the necessary paper work done. (LET ME DO THIS ONLINE DAMNIT) I went into the test center at 9:07am considering I’m working on the other side of the city and have nothing better to be doing in town. The guy on reception asking for my name and considering there was no one else there, he let said we’ll start, so I confirmed my details, had a photo taken and went into the test room (after putting my phone and stuff in a locker)
Flicked through the practise test (which doesn’t actually give you any questions, just how to use the system) and started the official test. You have 40mins to do 40 questions which isn’t bad. Seven minutes later I was sitting down again waiting for the result, seeing the guy nod his head made me nervous, I was thinking how in the fuck could anyone fail this test. He waved me back in and congratulations you’ve passed 38 out of 40. So now rambled around to familar territory to find the Luas which I got onto and was in Tallaght in about 25 mins, which is pretty damn good going by anyone standards. Heading out to Vision Express to get my eyes checked again (only after three weeks) I got all the necessary paper work. Now all I have to do is queue up in the Tax Office to apply for my license and I’ll be allowed to drive! (After getting raped for insurance of course)
I feel I have a bit to get off my chest so I might as well keep going with this. My fancy oakleys arrived on Tuesday as well, its finally nice to have sunglasses which actually have proper lenses in them and thus allow you to see. I find the most appealing feature of them is the fact you can’t see my eyes through the lenses. Shame the weather in Dublin has been so fucking shit, I’ve gotten very little use out of them so far.
Something else which I never even thought of is the fact they wrap around my eyes and I don’t have blind spots anymore, I actually felt a little motion sick when I first putting them on since I can take on that bit more from my eyes. I’ve uploaded a photo albeit a poor one to flickr. My webcam is no match for someone else I know who takes photos all the time. Check out Phil’s site
I know I said I’d be blogging over the next couple of days but what a bloody disaster that turned out to be.
As previously mentioned I said I’d be getting my old job back and after a few phone calls this week everything is confirmed. I start on Monday doing some research on methods and pricing here and abroad in certain things. What will happen to the research, if it remains internal or is published for all to see, I’m not sure yet. Although it looks like it could be something interesting to start off.
While some say the weather has been nice over the last few days, Its been too warm for me over the last few days and I’ve become very lazy, late nights and early mornings (go figure, I have no reason to be up)
So here’s to better times!
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