Author: Mark Myers
A.B.D. News letter 2014 No 36
Mad Friends and Colleagues
My friends and colleagues are strange STRANGE people, but I love them
sillybugger1 [9:55 AM]
I like your style, starting your new world order with vegetables
sillybugger2 [9:56 AM]
Dibs on beetroot. And parsnips
sillybugger3 [9:56 AM]
sigh.. he were go again…
the beetroot must be shared . you can however have the fennel
sillybugger2 [9:56 AM]
Very well
sillybugger2 [9:56 AM]
Neeps? Tatties?
sillybugger3 [9:56 AM]
also celeriac
sillybugger4 [9:56 AM]
The celery can fuck right off.
sillybugger2 [9:56 AM]
Oh yes. Celeriac
sillybugger5 [9:57 AM]
as long as I get the roast spuds I’ll be happy
sillybugger2 [9:57 AM]
Come to papa
sillybugger3 [9:57 AM]
we will be keeping tomatoes.. shut up sillybugger1
sillybugger2 [9:57 AM]
And celery
sillybugger4 [9:57 AM]
Chard. All mine.
sillybugger6 [9:57 AM]
if you take the tomatoes the greeks will invade
sillybugger2 [9:57 AM]
You’re welcome to it
sillybugger3 [9:57 AM]
ooh .. yes you can have “chard” i will have rainbow chard
sillybugger3 [9:57 AM]
ha!
sillybugger2 [9:57 AM]
grabs all the horseradish and mushrooms
sillybugger3 [9:57 AM]
damn.. grabs onions
sillybugger4 [9:57 AM]
Carrots. Got ’em.
sillybugger5 [9:57 AM]
Broccoli here thanks
sillybugger2 [9:58 AM]
shuffles towards the pak choi and smuggles out the garlic
sillybugger3 [9:58 AM]
including spring onions and garlic
slackbot [9:58 AM]
BOING!!!!!
sillybugger2 [9:58 AM]
^^ 🙂
sillybugger3 [9:58 AM]
spring!
slackbot [9:58 AM]
BOING!!!!!
sillybugger3 [9:58 AM]
:grinning:
sillybugger2 [9:58 AM]
eyes up the savoy cabbage
sillybugger3 [9:59 AM]
grabs the savoy cabbage and the greens whilst sillybugger2 is making up his mind
sillybugger2 [9:59 AM]
bugger
sillybugger2 [9:59 AM]
ram-raids the sugarsnap peas aisle and grabs mange tout for good measure
sillybugger3 [9:59 AM]
throws artichokes at him as a distraction
sillybugger2 [9:59 AM]
catches them gratefully
sillybugger5 [9:59 AM]
ooh I almost forgot the peppers
sillybugger3 [9:59 AM]
grabs green beans and fresh peas
sillybugger6 [9:59 AM]
we get the baked beans!!
sillybugger3 [9:59 AM]
damn!
sillybugger4 [9:59 AM]
stuffs the cauliflower up his shirt and backs towards the door
sillybugger3 [9:59 AM]
pulses.. i had no idea we were divvying pulses
sillybugger2 [10:00 AM]
Oh we’re on to legumes and grains now are we?
sillybugger3 [10:00 AM]
grabs chickpeas
sillybugger2 [10:00 AM]
Shit!
sillybugger3 [10:00 AM]
ha!
sillybugger4 [10:00 AM]
The puy lentils are mine, all mine.
sillybugger2 [10:00 AM]
grabs kidney beans for the chilli
sillybugger6 [10:00 AM]
Sooooooyyyyyaaaaaa!!
sillybugger2 [10:00 AM]
GRABS CHILLIS
sillybugger2 [10:00 AM]
GRABS GINGER
sillybugger2 [10:00 AM]
laughs triumphantly with the lemongrass
sillybugger4 [10:00 AM]
grabs the pancetta. That is a vegetable, right?
sillybugger6 [10:00 AM]
ginger slaps sillybugger2 ‘s hands, and goes back to Fred
sillybugger2 [10:01 AM]
slow clap
sillybugger2 [10:02 AM]
peppers the sillybugger6 with maltesers
sillybugger1 [10:02 AM]
After the dust of battle settles there is nothing but a huge pile of coleslaw
…..go out in the midday sun
A.B.D. News letter 2014 No 35
UK ICON 2014
So what was UK LUG has risen from the grave at the hands of ‘Tim Clark’, and this year was a one day event hosted at IBM South bank.
The location was cool as it not only added an air of authority to the conference its self but cut down on the costs as food/booze and venue are the chief expenses on such a conference (so thanks to IBM for that)
What I don’t know is how Tim managed to get IBM to let him have such a diverse set of session that talked not only about IBM technologies but NON IBM technologies, it made for a conference where there was at least 2 sessions I wanted to go to in every slot and a lot of stunned looking but happy conference attendees.
One of the golden rules of a conference is to have it out the way somewhere where the attendees can’t escape so they can be sold stuff, breaking this rule means you stand a large chance of attendees disappearing during the day as they bugger off to do something more interesting, the fact that the closing session was as full as the opening one at a conference held in the middle of London’s south bank on a sunny Friday says everything that needs to be said about the quality of the conference
Two thumbs up and a lot of thanks to Tim
Speaking of content, here is my short session, there was not a huge number of people (there never is on my fringe tech sessions) but it was the best and most responsive crowd I have ever presented to, most enjoyable.
P.S.
thanks to theo for making me look fat and pissed off during my session Album