{"id":1447,"date":"2008-09-29T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-29T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/orcldoug.com\/blog\/?p=1447"},"modified":"2008-09-29T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-09-29T12:00:00","slug":"rodney-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/orcldoug.com\/blog\/2008\/09\/29\/rodney-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Rodney Update"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thanks to Frits Hoogland<\/a>, here are some better pictures of the appreciation event.<\/p>\n

See, it was me who did all the hard work really! Not really, you can see Marco is standing in another queue, waiting to help.<\/p>\n

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You can almost imagine this bear’s thoughts. ‘Mmmm, so this is where my future lies, with a drunken bum …. What was your name? Mark? Any chance I could come back to your place instead?’<\/p>\n

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Thanks to Frits Hoogland, here are some better pictures of the appreciation event. See, it was me who did all the hard work really! Not really, you can see Marco is standing in another queue, waiting to help. You can almost imagine this bear’s thoughts. ‘Mmmm, so this is where my future lies, with a… Continue reading Rodney Update<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":873,"url":"http:\/\/orcldoug.com\/blog\/2006\/01\/25\/bits-and-pieces\/","url_meta":{"origin":1447,"position":0},"title":"Bits and Pieces","date":"January 25, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Having finally finished work for the day, I have some bits and pieces before I get back to the Hotsos tests.Mike ScottI mentioned that Mike Scott has been been really helpful with preparing test environments and offering intelligent argument. 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