Leaving London

Friday was my last day working for Ideaworks 3D. I was a bit sad to go since even though working on mobile phones wasn't to my taste at first, the people they have there are just amazing. Very brilliant programmers that can squeeze processing power out of those tiny little phones to get mobile games that didn't have any competition until the PSP came out.

Not only was Friday my last day at work, but it was also the last day of our lease. So the weekend was wholly taken up with packing, moving and cleaning. Paul did most of the moving since he had the car and it being an MR2 he had to fill the passenger seat as well to get a decent load. The cleaning took a little longer than I had hoped and I missed my (optimistic) 2pm train to Glasgow on Sunday. I was able to spend another night on the floor of Paul's new room and I had an infuriating time on the phone with Virgin trains trying to move my ticket to Monday (which I had apparently booked and paid for twice).

I had hoped that the Virgin train had internet during the journey but alas, it seems only GNER is offering that just now. If I book a train back to London, I'll be sure to try them out despite the terrible journey I had with overnight trains with them last time. So instead I'm offline and resorting to Word to type this post. It warms my heart to know that we're moving into a time where broadband internet is available most places including trains and planes. While it would still worry the security conscious, I'm sure that encrypted connections will come of age and satisfy their requirements too.

For those of you who don't know but are still checking my blog, I'm due to arrive back in Adelaide on Christmas Day. Even though I'm leaving a few things behind here, it will be a great relief to come back home and recharge. It'll be even better if I can continue working in the games industry and it will be a small miracle if I can stay in Adelaide whilst doing it. Here's hoping all my dreams come true.