OneAndOneIs2

I've been in more that my share of road accidents, if I'm honest. I started out being a passenger in a minibus that went around a corner and fell over, overbalanced perhaps by the stack of scuba cylinders in the back that started hissing ominously as we… more »

I was reading this article about self-proclaimed programmers who can't actually program - something I've had some experience of myself. I quite liked the idea of the FizzBuzz challenge: Write a program that prints the numbers from 1 to 100. But for mu… more »

This came up for discussion about a year ago at work. It annoyed me then. But I let it pass and had almost forgotten about it, when it came up on a forum that I occasionally post to this morning. I don't know what it is about this concept that annoys… more »

So Steve Jobs lost his battle with pancreatic cancer this week. Apple fans everywhere are devastated. A frequent counterpoint to the people bemoaning the loss of a tech industry titan are those who come out with the opposing view "He was just a figurehea… more »

I gave another talk for my local LUG this week. Which maybe wasn't the best idea, considering I had a cold & sore throat. Still, nothing some benzydamine hydrochloride couldn't help sort out..The subject was ssh, and since the audience ranged fro… more »