My mother-in-law, Pauline's mum Myra, collapsed yesterday morning and passed away peacefully yesterday afternoon. This was so sudden and unexpected that we're all still in a state of shock. Word's cannot express how sad we all feel right now. Myra was dearly loved by all of her family and friends.

Daniel Kegel's advice on How To Get Hired -- What CS Students Need to Know :

"I've hired dozens of C/C++ programmers (mostly at the entry level). To do that, I had to interview hundreds of candidates. Many of them were woefully poorly prepared for the interview. This page is my attempt to help budding software engineers get and pass programming interviews."....

Heeather and Ken decided to upgrade their Father today. For a Father's Day gift they bought me a sim card for Heather's cast-off Samsung SGH-S300. I'm now no longer the only person I know without a mobile phone! I'm sure it will come in handy!!