Posted in Misc on Jul 8th, 2009
Ariel Leve, whom I haven’t read for a while, has an amusing post on her IT guy.
This brought back some memories of being the IT guy. Who else goes to parties with an OFF DUTY badge in a pocket, just in case (and, yes, I needed it and used it). I am not making it [...]
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Posted in Misc on Jul 8th, 2009
I was half-asleep this morning when I heard on the radio that war had been declared, so it took a while for the news to sink in.
Turning later to the BBC News website and the story Google to launch operating system I found myself smiling, at this
One of Google’s major goals is to take Microsoft [...]
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Posted in Misc on Jul 8th, 2009
I have just been to my local pub for the last time.
The public house is an institution in the British Isles. Alas, it’s one that is dying. Earlier this year The Telegraph reported that 6 pubs a day were closing due to the economic downturn. More recently I’ve seen a figure of 50 a week.
First, [...]
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