Category Archives: Amusement

Practical Lessons in Humility

Back in 1987, a colleague and I were using the large computer systems of the University of Leicester to run rather a lot of number crunching. Leicester had a large, well connected and well managed VAX Cluster which was ideal … Continue reading

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Thank you Jeanette

Just as an amused aside for a Saturday afternoon – Back in 1998 I was building what was then Cellnet’s Genie System, it is now O2 but you can’t blame me for any of that, Genie was actually very good … Continue reading

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Who will buy, our wonderful snake-oil?

“I am patient with stupidity but not with those who are proud of it.” — Edith Sitwell In my previous job; which was online-moderation, I did some technical-support for a while. I didn’t last long because their naivety and lack … Continue reading

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