Blake Burris interviewed me for CocoaRadio and this is now available on the CocoaRadio site. CocoaRadio is a podcast that features interviews with Mac OS X developers from around the world.

During the interview I talk about how I got into Mac development, what I did before Reinvented Software, tell a little of the story behind my apps and all sorts of other things besides.

So, if you want to all hear that plus me laughing nervously, check it out at cocoaradio.com. If you need me, I’ll be hiding behind the sofa.

I write the title of this post in jest. I originally thought BT could have moved my broadband to the new house within 5 working days of me requesting it. They called today and told me it would be 5 working days after that phone call, i.e. next Wednesday, the 28th. The connection is still working in the flat, so if it holds up I’ll be moving out next Tuesday. If it dies in the meantime, I’ll move out then and improvise. How can it take so long, I ask you?!

I mentioned the other day that we hoped to be moving soon and, thanks to incarcerated runaway cats, that it couldn’t come quickly enough.

Well, it looks like we’ll get the keys later today. Unlike the last time when we moved, this won’t need to be done in a whirlwind mad couple of days, where everything was up in the air for weeks afterwards. Lots of things probably will be awry for a while but at least I’ll be able to make a smoother transition with my internet connection (when we moved into this flat it had no phone line at all, no cable, etc - cue weeks of waiting to get that installed and broadband activated).

I haven’t got an exact plan together yet, but provided we get the keys later we can set everything in action. The seller of the house we’re buying has been somewhat temperamental, so it’s a wait and see thing. Really, there is very little left to go wrong. Ha ha!

Feeder Update
On the Feeder updates I mentioned the other day, it’s virtually ready. The only thing holding it up is the AppleScript support, which has taken much longer than I expected. Mostly this is because Feeder has so much data and so many settings, it’s taken all week just to test that all out and sort out any problems.

Because this 1.2.2 release has a few other small fixes (and some new, cool things) and everything else is ready to go, I’m very keen to get it released. As soon as I find out when we’re actually moving house and when I can get the broadband installed, I’ll know when it’s safe to release it. The AppleScript support released will be the best I can manage at the time and I’ll continue to improve it as we go along.

I’ve got a trip planned to California later this year and booked the flights last week. I’ve made quite a few trips to the US in the past and usually fly with British Airways (for [not so] frequent flyer miles and all that) but with the recent wildcat strikes at Heathrow where BA’s baggage handlers walked out to support the 600 employees sacked at the former BA catering arm, Gate Gourmet, I’ve felt less than sure, particularly as the issues still seem to be rumbling on.

I’ve actually been in the US during one of these wildcat strikes a previous year - they usually happen at the peak of every summer season - wondering if I would be able to get home. While I had the luxury of staying with people I knew back then, I still had a job to go back to and the car in a long-stay car park. It’s not about the money (got insurance for that sort of thing) but the hassle of sorting it all out. I also don’t think I’ve really forgiven BA for retiring Concorde - why is the world slowing down?

So this time, I’m flying with Virgin Atlantic for the very first time. I’ve heard good things about them, so we’ll see how they compare to their arch-rival. Virgin were also £5 cheaper (wow!).

To anyone who, like me, reads and enjoys sometime Reinvented Software helper Hans Kim’s blog, Post Hog, Ergo Propter Hoc, it has moved to http://nsobject.blogspot.com. I eagerly await the repost of “Das Hans Idyll”.