tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83476382008-04-02T22:25:16.239+01:00Bob Boothbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13504207507405859169noreply@blogger.comBlogger104125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8347638.post-35704579175790334482008-04-01T20:27:00.001+01:002008-04-01T20:30:28.810+01:00

Been a bit busy of late, landing a role as the Enterprise Architect for NHSBT. As usual I intend to work myself out of the role, but for now my day is filled with learning a whole new business domain and fleshing out my skills with a few new ones. I'm having to pinch myself, realising that Enterprise Architect is only one step down from board level. My self-belief and arrogance will really be

Bob Boothbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13504207507405859169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8347638.post-25258559879298014502008-02-26T19:18:00.002Z2008-02-26T19:34:44.036Z

That's it. The End... I'm really glad that I got this out and shared it. This is the final part of the tale as I have it. "The Standard", June 10th., 1881 The Corrientes Murder - With much pleasure I make room for the following papers, which speak for themselves. We shall be only too glad to lend our poor aid to the object expressed in Mr. Budge's letter and receive subscriptions to help so

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News of the murderers. "The Standard", May 28th., 1881 The Murder in Corrientes - Naranjito, May 23rd., 1881 To the Editor of "The Standard" Dear Sir, I am happy to inform you that the last of the murderers of Macdonald and Guthrie passed up, well secured in the train to-day to Monte Caseros; he had the watch and ring of Macdonald, and also the recado of Guthrie, so that now the whole thing

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A slightly shorter update this time - The response from the Governor of Corrientes and a Mr. McCorquodale gives some details on the murderers. Buenos Aires "Standard", April 26th, 1881 The Naranjito Murder - With much pleasure we publish the following telegram from the Governor of Corrientes to the President of the Republic, in reply to the President's message sent the moment His Excellency

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Quick little post to share the results of a day's worth of wasted effort. I was creating a tracer bullet prototype of a web application for a customer and was configuring the security using an LDAP server (Apache Directory Server and Apache Directory Studio - a very good combo). Having configured the LDAP server I set up form based security and pointed a browser at the web application. I first

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One of the murderers is caught in a very long piece . The Corrientes Murder - One Assassin Caught. - One of the best proofs of the generally improved state of affairs in this country, is the very decided action taken by the authorities in the case of the murder of the two Scotch farmers at Naranjito, Corrientes. The very day the news reached this city, and the matter was brought to the attention

Bob Boothbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13504207507405859169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8347638.post-46921726120662964482008-01-13T11:33:00.001Z2008-02-21T20:17:07.154Z

With this posting it is revealed that Corrientes is in fact the province where the murders occurred so I've retitled the posts to date. I believe that this confusion is due to the high rate of immigration and settlement leading to some difficulties in administrating the country. From the Buenos Aires Standard, April 21st, 1881. The Murder of Messrs. Macdonald & Guthrie President Roca received

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From the 'Buenos Aires Standard' April 20th 1881. Abolition of Capital Punishment With much pleasure we state that the announcement in one of the city papers of the intention of President Roca to propose to Congress the Abolition of Capital Punishment is utterly incorrect, and we are fully authorised to say that the President, so far from being in favour of any such measure, views with regret

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Part two: I'm not sure who G.E. is. Such a dreadful affair has happened near Monte Caseros, Macdonald and Guthrie, both of Salto, who had taken an Estancia in Corrientes have both been brutally murdered by a band of four assassins, whilst preparing to accommodate two of them. Macdonald lately went home to take his children there. Full details have not yet reached us, they have been buried in

Bob Boothbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13504207507405859169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8347638.post-74392963053622315272007-12-26T11:56:00.001Z2008-02-21T20:16:19.282Z

A little while ago my mother handed me a sheaf of typewritten papers detailing in rather horrifying detail the murder of my great, great grandfather in 1881. I thought that I would share this in an episodic format. Offering it as an interesting piece of family history and as a fascinating period piece. From the 'Buenos Aires Standard' April 19th, 1881. Terrible Murder in Entre Rios Two

Bob Boothbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13504207507405859169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8347638.post-7882846893112067592007-12-17T22:06:00.000Z2007-12-28T09:53:25.211Z

If you're at all concerned about the protection of your personal data you should consider signing the following online petition. Following the progressive release of stories about the extreme indifference to digital electronic privacy, this petition seeks to introduce a little more accountability. Petition to: require all organisations notify customers immediately of any personal data security

Bob Boothbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13504207507405859169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8347638.post-87351978839229649082007-11-28T06:40:00.000Z2007-12-05T17:40:09.677Z

I've just had a very pleasant week in Denmark and Sweden. The reason for the journey was Magnus' wedding to the lovely Helene in Kiaby, Sweden. I'll post a full entry on the wedding once I've had a chance to sort out the pictures. For now I'll just talk a little bit about my impressions of the countries that I've visited. Denmark Part 1 I left England on the ferry between Harwich and Esbjerg

Bob Boothbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13504207507405859169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8347638.post-75076860386319082102007-11-02T10:52:00.000Z2007-11-28T08:28:49.779Z

One of my recipes that my sister has wanted for ages. The ingredient list is per person and can be scaled up appropriately. Chicken Breast1/2 pint of milk50g Corn Flour (Corn Starch in the US)Seasonings1 tsp. Paprika - Smoked for preference. 1 pinch Salt1/2 tsp Dried garlic powder. Alternatively use Schwartz Season All - 1 1/2 tsp. 1/2 lemonGood quality vegetable oil (sunflower or avocado are

Bob Boothbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13504207507405859169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8347638.post-45201625428317725712007-10-04T11:41:00.000+01:002007-11-28T08:28:29.728Z

Well, my time off has given me back my leisure time and I have been pursuing a number of projects. All of which will be blogged here some time soon. The first and simplest one is a new combination of flavours that I have found that works really, really well. Fennel SeedSzechuan PepperGarlic (smoked if available)Avocado OilLime JuiceIt work brilliantly well either as a marinade for fish, poultry

Bob Boothbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13504207507405859169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8347638.post-81938849013304098222007-07-31T14:35:00.001+01:002007-11-28T08:28:10.485Z

Well, my car arrived last Friday and in between the fun of running it in I've taken the time to take a couple of photos...

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The answer is a very and extremely definite - no. There have been many learned and wise discussions on this topic. Some people believing that it is an art and other people people believing that it is engineering. I vociferously straddle the fence and state clearly that we are all artisans. We, like the medieval cathedral builders, partake equally of art and science to build our towering edifices

Bob Boothbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13504207507405859169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8347638.post-74961043694108695792007-06-29T15:30:00.000+01:002007-06-29T15:33:39.519+01:00

I decided to cook up some leg of lamb the other day and inspired by the way that hams are made I did a two part cooking process: Poaching the lamb before roasting it. I poached the leg of lamb for about 2 hours in a liquor made up of:Enough lamb and vegetable stock to cover the leg.2 cloves of garlic, crushed.A cup of good quality red wine vinegarA bouquet garni, made up of thyme, bay, marjoram

Bob Boothbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13504207507405859169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8347638.post-86736270650354091022007-06-27T08:13:00.000+01:002007-06-27T08:24:40.405+01:00

Well, it's been a while since I blogged; and there's been a good reason since I had nothing worthwhile to say. I've now got two things that I want to talk about; one is technical and the other is about cooking. On to the technical. I'll blog the cooking in another entry. Just recently at work I had cause to revisit an old technique that I hadn't used in years and I thought that it would be

Bob Boothbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13504207507405859169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8347638.post-48890676444357372542007-04-18T14:04:00.000+01:002007-04-18T15:35:28.588+01:00

Every few years I come across a company where some managers come up with the idea of a 'software factory'. The thinking is that mass production techniques and their economies of scale could bring some major cost savings. Let us look in detail at the mass production of cars. Immediately a vision of a production line comes to mind. Cars being bolted together from thousands of mass produced pieces

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My Boothby grandfather was an interesting man aside from his exotic pets he was a bit of an inventor. He came up with all kind of things, mainly aeronautic despite being a naval man. His one invention that has directly impacted my life was the 'Boothby Fogcutter'. Described as a 'catch-up drink', he invented it so that when he arrived at parties late where everyone was several drinks merrier,

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When I lived in Ireland one of the great pleasures in life was to adjourn to a local chippy called Caffola's and devour a beatifully cooked smoked cod and chips. The cod was only lightly smoked, more to give flavour than preserve and added a delightful high note to a wonderful dish. It was a truly great way to prepare for an evening out at Rocky's followed by Badger Brown's. I've always loved

Bob Boothbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13504207507405859169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8347638.post-1173858902037995132007-03-14T08:54:00.000Z2007-03-23T10:15:17.033Z

I've been working recently with a temporal database and have gone back over my blog as a result to see what I've written on the subject. All that I've written so far is a simple diatribe on temporal modelling. I think that it is about time that I share a hard won lesson about working with temporal databases in multi-user environments: It is alarming how frequently concurrency can be messed up.

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A couple of weekends ago I finally bit the bullet and put the deposit down on a new car - an Audi TT. I went with the 3.2 litre quattro in Ibis White with a Mineral Grey interior. The salesman (the third that I had dealt with - the other two had left the industry soon after I saw them) was quite enthusiastic as he had been trying to convince his boss that the TT in white would make a nice show

Bob Boothbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13504207507405859169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8347638.post-1168524629872751372007-01-11T14:09:00.000Z2007-03-23T10:15:17.033Z

I've long held that in software design and development that the only wrong way of solving a problem is one that does not work. I do however believe that some ways of solving problems are better than others. In various entries I've talked about the ways I approach trying to arrive at better solutions, some of them were quite abstract. Most of them are ways of evaluating whether one solution is

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Time for another family history blog entry. Today I want to tell some stories about Albert the mongoose. Albert was ridiculously tame, he was a particular pet of my father's who had a poachers pocket sewn into many of his coats so that Albert could travel with him. Often, when my father was having a chat with an acquaintance or talking to a shopkeeper, the conversation would grind to a sudden,

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