Category Archives: Thoughts on the World

A Confident Prediction

Musings on the history and future of Microsoft Windows Continue reading →

Wednesday, June 30, 2010 in PCs/Laptops, Thoughts on the World

Lots of News

Quite a lot of news… Migration of our web sites and email to the new hosting server is almost complete. See previous article/rant for some of my findings. After some initial frustration with my hosting provider (WebFusion) when I discovered Continue reading →

Wednesday, June 16, 2010 in My Publications, Personal News, Photography, Thoughts on the World, Website & Blog

In Damnation of PHP

<rant>Apologies if the title is a bit strong, but I think it’s the nearest I can get to the opposite of “In Praise of PHP” I’ve just spent a week-end migrating my website to a new hosting server. As part Continue reading →

Word Grammar Checker – A Nicely Carribean Flavour

This may amuse you. I went to type “Here are my comments” (something I do fairly frequently), but mis-typed it as “Here are me comments”. Word correctly identifies this as incorrect grammar, with a green line under “are”. Right click, Continue reading →

Thursday, February 4, 2010 in Thoughts on the World

Virtual PC vs VMware Player – Further Thoughts

I’ve added a brief addendum to my piece on Virtual PC technologies. It turns out that VMware Player seems to be able to “fix” unreliable VMs. Microsoft’s lack of attention to compatibility has led me to a better product, and Continue reading →

Digital Convergence – Still Waiting

Another failed attempt to “converge” my phone. Why don’t I learn? Continue reading →

Sunday, January 17, 2010 in Reviews, Thoughts on the World

Windows Virtual PC – Breaking Compatibility

How Microsoft have badly broken compatibility (again!) with Virtual PC and Windows 7 Continue reading →

A Parable

Lessons for anyone contemplating a disruptive, rewrite from scratch, change to a software product Continue reading →

The Alien Has Landed, and It’s &*&^(* Huge

For any of you labouring under the myth that new computer hardware is smaller than old, please meet my new “mini” desktop! 🙂 If you’re struggling with scale, the monitor is 24″. And what’s really scary is that this is Continue reading →

Tuesday, December 1, 2009 in PCs/Laptops, Thoughts on the World

Legislative Stupidity

Observations on the stupid “anti-photography” laws introduced in Britain in February 2009 Continue reading →

Tuesday, April 7, 2009 in Personal News, Photography, Thoughts on the World

Website Returns, and New Photos

Apologies for the state of the website over the last week – a problem with the hosting server. I seem to have worked around it for now, so thanks for your patience and those who alerted me to the problem. Continue reading →

Friday, March 6, 2009 in Photography, Thoughts on the World, Website & Blog

A Shortage of Analysts?

Bemoaning the systemic failings which are leading to a general lack of good business analysts Continue reading →

Wednesday, June 11, 2008 in Agile & Architecture, Thoughts on the World