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This is my first week back after a lovely 10-day trip to Italy, most of which we spent scuba diving on the beautiful island of Sardinia. We'd planned this trip some time ago, but that didn't mean it was without its worries: between last-minute doctor's visits for medical certificates (not strictly required for scuba diving, […]
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This episode of Floppy Friday is dedicated to the memory and legacy of the late Sir Clive Sinclair, 1980s computing pioneer. Sir Clive invented the slimline pocket calculator and worked tirelessly to democratize technology, whether home computers or electric cars. His impact on today's computing landscape is undeniable, as he helped launch the careers of […]
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I've been getting quite a bit of unsolicited email of late. It started with this one, in late July: Hi Kean,Did you know that a QR code of your email address is currently beingcirculated all around the globe in a viral meme?Cheers, It came with a couple of images attached: Perhaps somewhat rudely I largely […]
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The count-down to Autodesk University 2021 continues, with registration for the event now open. I've gone ahead and registered, as I expect many of you will at some point during the remaining 54 days. It's free, after all, and I'm sure will have lots of great content, as usual. Be sure to put the dates […]
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If you're going to forget an anniversary, let it be the one for your first engagement with social media. The very definition of a victimless crime. I just remembered that it was back in June 2006 when I started this blog (the welcome post was on June 19th, 2006, so I didn't miss it by […]
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Yes, it's Star Wars Day, once again. My kids have all gone off to school in their favourite Star Wars T-shirts, while I've stayed at home in my slippers. Over the weekend I did a little preparation, getting around to building my latest birthday gift. Are you having some fun today, yourself? Happy May the […]
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Like many of you, I have the immense privilege of having incredible women in my life. For me, today is about recognising this privilege, but also remembering that despite more than a century having passed since the original suffragettes started their organised fight against sex-based discrimination, there's still important work to be done. (In fact […]
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We've reached the end of a much-needed week off up in the mountains. I've actually spent a bunch of time fooling around with getting RetroPie working on a Raspberry Pi 400 I bought for the kids (ahem). We've been having lots of fun playing Zelda on the NES and Super-NES, Sonic on the Megadrive, and […]
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I'm currently up in the mountains with my family, enjoying the annual school closure for the kids' "ski week". I recognise we're especially lucky, this year, given that a) Swiss ski resorts are open and b) our kids are at school physically rather than remotely. Spring seems to be hitting early, this year, but even […]
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This is a big week for 1980s computing. Wednesday marked the 40th birthday of the BBC Microcomputer, the machine that helped launch thousands of software development careers (including mine) in the UK. This was such an important machine, in so many ways: it was really well engineered, with great performance, but also – due to […]