It’s sad but I feel the need to clarify what this website is: a personal blog. I use it to provide technical guides and reviews that are pertinent to my line of work, and that I think will be helpful to others. It’s also an opportunity to vent my spleen (which I do regularly) as […]
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On Saturday, I went with my family to the Taunton Flower Show, which may seem like a strange way to pass the time given that I don’t much like Taunton (I used to live there and moved away when some girl fighting with her boyfriend on our doorstep pulled a 12″ inch kitchen knife out […]
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UPDATED 28 August 2008
As I was relaxing on the sofa last night, I became aware of the general silence in the room. For the ordinary guy this might not mean anything, but when you are sharing the room with a 10 month old who’s just started walking, silence is usually a fair indication of a […]
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I read this report by Maggie Shiels on the BBC website today. It claims that the computer mouse is on its way out to be replaced by “so called gestural computer mechanisms like touch screens and facial recognition devices” within 2 to 5 years. Presumably we will be commuting to work in flying cars and […]
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I think it’s great that McDonalds offers gainful employment to people from all walks of life, and I’m all for equal opportunities employment, but… (and here’s the big ‘but’ signaling the start of another website rant): I do hold to the ideal that the employee should be capable of doing the job they are employed […]
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