Would you believe it’s 14 miles from Terryglass, the location of OCC BBQ to the nearest source of cash? This is odd because every hole in a hedge up north has cash machine facilities.
18:30
After arriving at the cottage (which is lovely), we ventured into Terryglass and had a sit-down meal in the Derg Inn (while Evert worked on his WiFi provision). A short walk later and we were down at the Terryglass Quay admiring the boats and reminding myself to join a yacht club – though that’s something for next year. Why would I want to join a club like that – I think it’s important to cultivate some pre-technological skills and the ability to handle a boat is one of them. I’m fine with oars – but have no experience with sails and, you never know when it might come in handy.
On the technology side, I’m finding Push email to be a frustration more than a benefit. This is mainly because I only have Push available for my .Mac/me.com email address and not for my other accounts. I want to be receiving updates from quayperformance.com more often and, frankly, couldn’t give a toss about the mailing list stuff I receive on my me.com account. So, looking at that when I get back will become a priority and it may mean moving quayperformance.com to host.io as it’s a bazillion times more flexible there.
07:40
At about 01:10 I gave up the ghost while the others stayed up. Much wine, cheese and beer was consumed which probably led to some nightmares during the night but this morning everyone seems pretty chipper (those of us who are actually awake). As I mentioned, the cottage is lovely but some of the amenities, like the shower, would frankly wake the dead.
Though we’ve not actually attended the event itself yet, I’m really glad I organised this little trip. Even just between the five of us there’s a surprising number of ideas and inspiration and it’ll be interesting to see what’s going on down here in Ireland.
08:38
Today is the main event itself and we’re getting ready in our own ways. There’s some ambient music in the background and every ow and then a few cheers from a group of children (from an iPhone game being actively developed here).
I’ve spent a little while this morning reading over some Cocoa code and trying to work out where the code needs to go to make things work. I’m going to have to make a more formal effort with learning the code if I’m going to achieve anything.
I’m guessing that around 10 am we’ll start to see some movement towards the main event. There’s a few people I’m really wanting to talk to – but all will become clear as time goes on.