Geek Girl Blogs

My first bikini!

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:03:30 GMT

As I said before I still have a number of “first-time things” to take on and today I managed to tick off yet another one. The first bikini. I have been thinking about this for sometime now since I do long for going to the beach again. However, it is rather scary to be that [...]

A great trip to Malvern, UK

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:03:30 GMT

Today I got home from a business trip to Malvern in the United Kingdom. It was a great trip and the adventure started at Heathrow Airport. I boldly told my commanding officer that I liked to try driving on the “wrong” side so I got registrered as an additonal driver on our rented cars. He [...]

Interesting details about Documentum licensing

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:03:30 GMT

Today I learned some interesting things about the names and licensing of Documentum products. MediaWorkSpace which was previously announced as included in the DAM license will now require its own license. A little bit strange since it is merely handling image files so far. The Magellan essentials license however will be included in each Content [...]

Coming back from vacation soon!

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:02:35 GMT

Hi everyone,

I'm returning from vacation shortly and will back with updates in no time! I still have regular access to emails so feel free to drop me a line should you need have any inquiries.

In the meantime, check out some of my most recent work. The site and game has had an incredible start. 26 000 unique visitors in less than a week and a half. And an all most unheard of bounce rate of only 16%!

Cheers,
Rebecca C.

A Message For Jessica Alba

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:01:42 GMT

Aww.. Anyone know Jessica’s number?

Wordpress.com ups the Gears with Turbo

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:01:42 GMT

Wordpress.com users, have you noticed a Turbo link on your admin console today? Wonder what it does? It aims to make your blogging experience much faster. During peak periods server response from Wordpress.com was sometimes (understandably) sluggish. Wordpress.com added the Turbo feature to give users a more responsive blogging experience. Here’s how the Wordpress.com team sells [...]

Monty Hall problem - PHP

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:00:32 GMT

This evening, after returning from an excellent VBUG: Brighton (of which more in a later post), Richard was talking about the Monty Hall problem after listening to a discussion about it on the BBC podcast In Our Time.

For those who don't know the Monty Hall problem it is this:

A gameshow set has 3 doors.
Behind one of the doors is a prize.
Behind the other 2 doors is nothing.
The contestant choses a door.
The gameshow hosts, knowing where the prize is, and which door the contestant has chosen, opens a door which he knows hasn't got the prize behind it and the contestant hasn't chosen.
The contestant is then offered the opportunity to trade their door for the one remaining door.

Should the contestant switch? The answer is yes 2/3rds of the time. See here for the reasons.

Richard and I both set about proving it in the tools we had available, I chose PHP, Richard chose Scala. And we both can successfully demonstrate that by always switching doors the contestant is more likely to win.

My PHP version is available for demo here and downloadable via a zip file (right click, save as) here.

Give me a few days

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:03:01 GMT

My blog is finally back thanks to the generous Rachael for hosting me! Just give me a few days to sort out a layout, organise the posts and pages etc and get this blog up and running smoothly. (Oh and I know it looks like the last time I blogged was in February, but I am currently [...]

Free Webcast: What traditional businesses needs to know about Web 2.0

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:02:46 GMT

O’Reilly is holding a Free Webcast on Thursday, July 10 at 10am PDT (17:00 GMT) that will address the topic of “What traditional businesses needs to know about Web 2.0“. The Webcast is for executives and professionals working in “traditional” (non-Internet native) business trying to take advantage of new trends. We’ll explore the underlying organizing principles [...]

Computer Aid cycle ride

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:00:23 GMT

My brave (and crazy) friends Jane Lewis, and Beatrice Nicolini have taken on a massive challenge which will take place later this year.

She’s taking part in a charity bike ride in Madagascar for computer aid international – which aims to provide refurbished PC’s to schools across the developing world – a really worthy cause. Several Premier Field Engineers from across Europe will go on a cycle ride for 5 days in the north east of the island.

This ride builds on the success of Computer Aid International's first cycle challenge in Kenya in 2007 and the popular Cuba Cycle Challenge in 2008.

The £2,700 sponsorship that is raised is enough to provide an entire 20 PC lab to a disadvantaged school for the first time. and at Microsoft, we match the amount of money received too. So if you want to sponsor this, click on this link and hopefully manage to fund a couple of labs with much needed PC’s

http://www.justgiving.com/msmadagascar2

So if you’d like to sponsor Jane, click this link – and help out with recycling those PC’s.

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New FY Resolution

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:00:07 GMT

ok, here's to FY09, wish me luck - my new financial year resolution is to once again blog regularly, documenting my learnings on this journey...

Be Internet - Be my friend and save £24 on the connection fee

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:04:16 GMT

I use Be Internet, the Unlimited package at £18 per month. It's not amazing but it's probably as fast as I'll get with our old wiring, and nothing appears blocked (unlike all round broadband horrors talktalk and their p2p blocking). There are also plans afoot with the BPI and at least Virgin Internet and BT regarding file sharing, so be aware who you use.

Be has been a geek favourite for a while, and although the Bulgarian helpline is dire, and the speeds vary wildly from the ludicrously fast speeds I was promised, it isn't bad. And besides, if you sign up as my friend, you get the connection fee waived, and I get a free month. And I like free things. All I'd need is your email, and you know, we can send each other Christmas cards, write cheery messages on each others facebook walls, perhaps I could feed your cats when you're on holiday.. and who knows, maybe one day we'll be Godparents to each others' kids....something like that. Just drop me a message if you fancy it. =)

Trouble in T-40 Land

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:04:04 GMT

Haven't disappeared, though it may *look* like it.