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Keeping afloat in a binary ocean

Posted on August 26, 2009 by Michael Fleming

Micro-rant: One of my pet peeves as a guy who likes to say his piece online is the number of really interesting and useful technologies / ideas completely ruined by lazy attempts at marketing by even lazier “salesmen” and marketers. … Continue reading →

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Experiences in both success and failure

Posted on June 8, 2009 by Michael Fleming

I did my bit: I really do like where things are headed and I’m sure the good work will continue There’s been some lively debates on the mailing lists of late, but it’s worked out smoothly and courteously in this … Continue reading →

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Random musings for an autumn evening.

Posted on April 16, 2009 by Michael Fleming

Is it some extension of Sod’s Law that the day after I build a brand new package, upstream will put out a new version that fixes some serious bug? libmemcached is a good example. I’ve just pushed 0.28 the ThatFlemingGent … Continue reading →

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Crackberries, Earth Hour and Web 2.0 boredom

Posted on March 26, 2009 by Michael Fleming

After having a good laugh at “crackberry” users and their addiction for what seemed like forever, I gave in and traded in my not-trusty-at-all Nokia Slide for a Blackberry Storm. After playing with it for a while, I must say … Continue reading →

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The one about yoga, marketing and DNS.

Posted on February 25, 2009 by Michael Fleming

I’ve been fairly flat out this week. No blog entries, even my Twitter updates are sparse in comparison to the norm for me. Speaking of Twitter – dear Marketing people: I know you won’t listen because you don’t really care … Continue reading →

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Thursday’s Thoughts.

Posted on February 11, 2009 by Michael Fleming

People need to chill the fuck out. I’ve had two people I love dearly lose the plot today; is there really a need? Really? Life is short and things are impermanent. If someone else has fucked you over, it’s their … Continue reading →

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I’m getting fitter!

Posted on February 10, 2009 by Michael Fleming

As most folks who know me personally know, I’m not exactly a little guy. Not huge (175cm / 95kg or 5’9″ and 205lb in the old money) but not a lightweight either. I used to be even bigger in times … Continue reading →

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Oh, what to say

Posted on February 5, 2009 by Michael Fleming

It seems quite odd – I’ve been twittering like mad lately, but don’t seem to have much to say here. Perhaps I’ve been too busy to put a coherent post together. Not that there’s anything wrong with Twittering, as long … Continue reading →

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