Hans Asperger Quote

"Able autistic individuals can rise to eminent positions and perform with such outstanding success that one may even conclude that only such people are capable of certain achievements ... Their unswerving determination and penetrating intellectual powers, part of their spontaneous and original mental activity, their narrowness and single-mindedness, as manifested in their special interests, can be immensely valuable and can lead to outstanding achievements in their chosen areas."
Hans Asperger (1944).



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Piston Groovy!

Piston Groovy are an awesome rock covers band playing venues around the A1 between London and upwards towards Peterborough. This year I hear the are venturing towards Norfolk too.

Check out their website
Piston Groovy. The next gig is on the 29th May at The Rose in Biggleswade. See you there and let’s rock!





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Location:Rodbourne Rd,Swindon,United Kingdom

Happy St George's Day

Happy St George's Day everyone!

This lunchtime I am celebrating with a pint of Dragon's Breath from the Hopback Brewery. It has been brewed with a hint of chilli for the fiery kick.

Later I shall work through Charles Wells' Bombardier and Shepherd Neame's Spitfire before singing Jerusalem and hitting the hay! Happy day!!



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Location:Reading St,Swindon,United Kingdom

Miserable Sod Post : I

Call me Mister Picky (actually DON'T!) but when I'm on the receiving end of non verbal business communication I do expect the sender to construct it with some sense of respect for themselves and the company they represent.

I acknowledge that not everyone is brilliant at spelling, but, if you are using a computer to send an email or letter there is this wonderful feature called spellcheck!

People who say 'Yeah I'm not too good at spelling.' to justify their toilet communications can piss off. It's laziness! The computer can help with your deficiencies but you chose not to use it.

I once received a 12 page document from a quality manager that had no less than 20 spelling mistakes and one of those words was the word 'quality'!! This person was responsible for quality across the company but could not be bothered within their own work.

The naming and shaming starts here as they pop up into my mailbox!!

Location:Emlyn Square,Swindon,United Kingdom

Cardiff coming to an end?

My contract end date is 28 August and it looks like my time in Cardiff is coming to an end. So if anyone out there needs a VBA, VB6, VB.net, SQL developer let me know!

Why have I still not blogged regularly?

So how come as we are past the middle of 2009 I still do not blog regularly? In part it is finding both the time and something interesting to say, however in the past two years I blame facebook and Twitter acting as receipients for my inane banter. The mission is to find a way to integrate my blog to my tweets and fb status updates. A search for a tool begins!

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The Boys are Back in Town!

Cardiff bay as seen from bayside apartments.

Statue el Londono

a012, originally uploaded by petedx.

Which way shall we go!?

Lego Steven Hawking

Marvellous!