“A Coder in Courierland”

Brilliant read for anyone stuck in a dreary “desk” job and wondering could I be outdoors doing something completely different. Well this guy did and is here with his experiences.

Once upon a time, I was a coder not unlike yourself. My day consisted of coffee, perl and java hacking, meetings, and e-mail. I had a cubicle with fluorescent lighting, my own bookshelf and two computers. And I traded it all in.

Wish I could do something like that myself… though I don’t think being a courier guy would cut it for me – I need to find something else… hmm… stay tuned 😉

Now one gig Yahoo Mail

I’m sure you’ve heard by now, Yahoo Mail is increasing mailbox size to 1 GB. Ala Gmail (last I checked).

I don’t think it’s about the size anymore. Gmail might seem to be the first one to offer that kind of space, except it wasn’t. It’s about what other features you can offer – filter out spam, easy searching etc. And Yahoo does a pretty good job of keeping spam out of my Inbox, searching is fine too I guess. Now only if they started POPing my mail again for free. I know there are utilities that can do the job for me, but I would like Yahoo to open it up.

How come the ones with a .co.uk email id still have free POP access is something that I’ll never fathom, but that’s for another day.