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nathan pitman.

Witness my grizzled visage Dec 06. 050

Yes, you too can witness my grizzled visage (according to Simon).

Oh and it’s on Flickr too if you want to post any derogatory remarks.

Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars Sep 08. 055

Tommorow is my last day as an employee. I handed my notice in at Bite CP on Monday and as of 5:30pm on Friday I’m self-employed as Managing Director of Nine Four Ltd.

Exciting? Yes. Scary? Yes.

As you probably know just 2 weeks back my wife gave birth to our second daughter ‘“Isla”:http://nathanpitman.com/journal/397/im-a-dad-again’, so the timing is hardly ideal, and hey I even ignored John’s advice.

I guess it boils down to this: At some point in your career the desire to make a change, do something different and be brave just becomes so intense that you simply have to go with it. To fight against the motivation would be insane, and the way I see it… if I never try, I’ll look back in 10 years time I wish I had, but by then it might be too late.

At the end of the day if it all goes Pete Tong, then so be it. I have the love of my family and friends and I love what I’m setting out to do, what more could you ask for in life.

Expecting Isla Aug 21. 056

Jo’s contractions started at about midnight, it’s 11:30am (ish) now and we’re still here at home. We’ll most likely be heading up to Hospital some time this afternoon if things keep progressing steadily.

Next time I post Isla could well be here. :)

London wins Olympic bid! Jul 06. 055

Just heard on the radio that London has won it’s bid to host the 2012 Olympics!

From the BBC News website…

London won a two-way battle against Paris at the IOC vote in Singapore, after bids from Moscow, New York and Madrid were eliminated.

It will be the first time the Olympics has been held in Britain since 1948.

Wow, this is amazing news, my daughter will be 8 in 2012 and we’ll be able to take her to see a once in a lifetime event.

2005 Wish List Update #1 Jun 28. 054

Way back in December last year when it was ‘neat-n-trendy’ to post wish lists, I composed my own for 2005. I thought I’d run an update for each wish that comes true.

I wish that in 2005:

1. Macromedia would revert to sensible product version numbering and ditch the ‘MX’ thing (‘Macromedia Flash 7’ is so much easier to say than ‘Macromedia Flash MX 2004 Pro’).
2. My car insurance will cost less because I still haven’t hit anything and I’m a year older.
3. Someone would find a way to squeeze more than 24 hours into a day, or failing that if I could work out a way to clone myself that’d be great.
4. -I could find the time to finish reading Are You Dave Gorman?-

Yes, I finally found the time to finish reading Are You Dave Gorman?. What a fantastic book, it’s taken me the best part of a year to finish but perhaps this has made it even more enjoyable.