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Charity

Hm. Well it would appear that I am gonna struggle with my latest venture. Quite a modest target of raising £150 for Sports Relief is escaping me, even with some quite generous chunks of that being donated almost immediately! The idea is that I am going to go into work entirely garbed out in my … Continue reading

Software and the relentlessness of progress

When do you upgrade? There’s a question. I am often pondering the question both at work and at home. Sometimes the decision is an easy yes. If my ADSL can support faster speed then it makes sense to pay for the faster speed. Sometimes the decision is an easy no. If I get a letter … Continue reading

Virtual Vs Physical Servers

Many of us who work in IT/IS/DS have been directly involved in decisions over whether virtual servers can provide as robust a solution as a properly designed and maintained physical one. Perhaps it is possible to even improve on the physical model? Virtual *services* have been around for many years. HTTP, for example, quickly developed … Continue reading

Online me

I have a few friends online. Some are Facebook persons, some friends reunited, some I email, some have blogs. One thing they all have in common is that I knew them in reality long before I knew them in cyberspace. Of course there is the normal entries of people who have looked me up after … Continue reading

Trying blogs

Well, I am trying to find a good mobile method of updating my blog. Thus attemp to create more entries. This, as the footer suggests, is via the BlogPress App on my iPhone. Easy to use so far. I will try some of the advanced features as I go. – Posted using BlogPress from my … Continue reading