transitionelement.com http://www.transitionelement.com/ en-us 2011-09-01T16:44:24+00:00 <![CDATA[Book — Black Snow]]> http://www.transitionelement.com/archives/2011/09/book_black_snow.html [ US | UK ] Black Snow by Mikhail Bulgakov Rating: &#9733;&#9733;&#9733;&#9733;&#9734; Synopsis: When Maxudov&#8217;s bid to take his own life fails, he dramatises the novel whose failure provoked the suicide attempt. To the resentment of literary Moscow, his... culture Peter 2011-09-01T16:44:24+00:00 <![CDATA[Book — Chronicle of a Blood Merchant]]> http://www.transitionelement.com/archives/2011/07/book_chronicle.html [ US | UK ] Chronicle of a Blood Merchant by Yu Hua, Hua Yu Rating: &#9733;&#9733;&#9733;&#9733;&#9733; Synopsis: A cart-pusher in a silk mill, Xu Sanguan augments his meager salary with regular visits to the local blood chief. His... culture Peter 2011-07-26T16:43:25+00:00 ifttt.com http://www.transitionelement.com/archives/2011/07/iftttcom.html if this then that is a new service whose aim is to connect various web apps together via their APIs. The concept is very simple, each site is a channel and you can create tasks between any of them,... on technology Peter 2011-07-07T22:23:57+00:00 <![CDATA[Book — The Fifth Witness]]> http://www.transitionelement.com/archives/2011/06/book_the_fifth.html [ US | UK ] The Fifth Witness by Michael Connelly Rating: &#9733;&#9733;&#9733;&#9733;&#9734; Synopsis: In tough times, crime is one of the few things that still pays, but even criminals are having to make cut-backs. So for defence lawyer... culture Peter 2011-06-29T16:35:28+00:00 MT Textile SelfLoader Error http://www.transitionelement.com/archives/2011/06/mt_textile_self.html Today I did some general CPAN update. Everything went fine, I thought, but when I attempted to publish a post to this blog with Movable Type 3.38, I kept getting this error: An error occurred: Global symbol "$nested" requires explicit... on technology Peter 2011-06-22T22:49:21+00:00 W Wh Who Whoa! http://www.transitionelement.com/archives/2011/06/w_wh_who_whoa_1.html I love Google Chrome. It has just introduced a new super-fast page loading feature called Prerendering that tries to guess what you are looking for and gets it in the background. It is really fast. However, if you type... on technology Peter 2011-06-22T18:46:02+00:00 <![CDATA[Book — Stet]]> http://www.transitionelement.com/archives/2011/06/book_stet.html [ US | UK ] Stet by Diana Athill Rating: &#9733;&#9733;&#9733;&#9733;&#9734; Synopsis: Diana Athill has had a most interesting and varied life, and the title she has chosen for her autobiography is proofreaders&#8217; jargon for &#8220;Let it stand&#8221;. In... culture Peter 2011-06-09T08:36:37+00:00 ZERO http://www.transitionelement.com/archives/2011/06/zero.html The question was; &#8220;How much interested do you have in the 2012 Olympics now that you didn&#8217;t get a single ticket in the lottery?&#8221; We are furious. We spent hours carefully picking events, selecting tickets, making sure we had... life in the UK Peter 2011-06-04T16:19:43+00:00 <![CDATA[Book — Scrivener's Moon]]> http://www.transitionelement.com/archives/2011/05/book_scriveners.html [ US | UK ] Scrivener&#8217;s Moon (Mortal Engines) by Philip Reeve Rating: &#9733;&#9733;&#9733;&#9734;&#9734; Synopsis: In a future land once known as Britain, nomad tribes are preparing to fight a terrifying enemy - the first-ever mobile city. Before London... culture Peter 2011-05-17T08:57:47+00:00 Colgate Scene - Spring 2011 http://www.transitionelement.com/archives/2011/05/colgate_scene_s.html Spring 2011 Maroon'd small version A few months ago, I was emailed by my class rep at my university, Colgate. I gave her the breifest of updates about our life and said, get in touch with Martin. 
Sorry, nothing too interesting happening.

(Still) married to Angela Haswell '91.
Living outside London.  I run web team 
for Scholastic in the UK and Angela works 
for a small hedge fund.  We have two boys,
Owen, aged 11 and Ryan aged 9.

Did you know that Martin Sances '91 just 
became a father to Sam on 25 Sept?  He is 
a lawyer and lives in San Fran with wife 
Betsy.  That's way more interesting!

All the best,

Peter
Well they printed it and a few days later, I got another email from someone who edits the Maroon, the school's Alumni paper and asked me to write a travel column for them. They sent a few examples of previous columns. So I wrote them two versions. The first one got printed, with some _slightly_ cheesy editing (e.g. Doc Martyns). This was the second version. ]]> life in the UK Peter 2011-05-05T09:46:10+00:00 Text Only http://www.transitionelement.com/archives/2011/04/text.html Or how to submit content to a website. Aside from my day job where a manage a big, big website, I also run a small community website for where I live, the St Margarets Community Website. I try to do... on technology Peter 2011-04-04T12:07:59+00:00 <![CDATA[Book — Shit My Dad Says]]> http://www.transitionelement.com/archives/2011/02/book_shit_my_da.html [ US | UK ] Shit My Dad Says by Justin Halpern Rating: &#9733;&#9733;&#9733;&#9734;&#9734; Synopsis: Meet Justin Halpern and his dad. Almost one million people follow Mr Halpern&#8217;s philosophical musings every day on Twitter, and in this book, his... culture Peter 2011-02-27T11:23:37+00:00 <![CDATA[Book — Pereira Maintains]]> http://www.transitionelement.com/archives/2011/02/book_pereira_ma.html [ US | UK ] Pereira Maintains by Antonio Tabucchi Rating: &#9733;&#9733;&#9733;&#9733;&#9733; Synopsis: In the sweltering summer of 1938 in Portugal, a country under the fascist shadow of Spain, a mysterious young man arrives at the doorstep of Dr... culture Peter 2011-02-12T09:16:44+00:00 <![CDATA[Book — The Passage]]> http://www.transitionelement.com/archives/2011/01/book_the_passag.html [ US | UK ] The Passage by Justin Cronin Rating: &#9733;&#9733;&#9733;&#9733;&#9733; Synopsis: Amy Harper Bellafonte is six years old and her mother thinks she&#8217;s the most important person in the whole world. She is. Anthony Carter doesn&#8217;t think... culture Peter 2011-01-04T11:30:07+00:00 <![CDATA[Book — Heartstone]]> http://www.transitionelement.com/archives/2010/12/book_heartstone.html [ US | UK ] Heartstone by C. J. Sansom Rating: &#9733;&#9733;&#9733;&#9733;&#9734; Synopsis: Summer, 1545. England is at war. Henry VIII&#8217;s invasion of France has gone badly wrong, and a massive French fleet is preparing to sail across the... culture Peter 2010-12-20T11:42:50+00:00