What next?
There’s a large ED209 shaped hole in my life at the moment. DD303 doesn’t start until January 30th next year, though I see from my Open University homepage that the materials will be with me sometime...
View ArticlePAFEC – August 1991
I’m still looking for the photographs of the Warwick University Rent Strike of 1983. I’ve not managed to find them yet, as it involves going through a cabinet in a cupboard in my younger daughter’s...
View ArticleDD303 – the final analysis
I always feel a little bit deflated after receiving exam results even if, like this time, I achieved the grade I wanted. I still remember finding out the result of my first degree in 1985 and thinking...
View ArticleSoggy Warwick
I’m sitting in the Rootes bar drinking coffee, trying to wake up in time for the final part of the DD307 weekend. On days like these, with the skies grey and overcast and a fine drizzle in the air that...
View Article… and another thing!
I was reflecting on the Oh(U) dear post I wrote on my Friday evening train journey again yesterday. Fundamentally, my overriding concern with it is the idea that it seems to be peddling: that if...
View ArticleThe launch of the Raspberry Pi – haven’t we been here before?
Yes. We have. But not for a long, long time and that’s why I’m looking forward to receiving mine, once production can keep up with demand. At £21.60 + VAT for a “model B”, you can’t really argue about...
View ArticleWARNING: Computing is highly addictive
… is what Practical Electronics said about the launch of the Compukit UK101 back in August 1979. While you’re reading their article, remember that it isn’t about the Raspberry Pi – instead, it’s about...
View ArticleRaspberry Pi – we *have* been here before!
The lauch of the Raspberry Pi is beginning to look more and more like the early days of home computing – but this time, it’s not about the excitement of programming, it’s all about delays in delivery....
View ArticleRaspberry Pi, Python, Star Trek and Morecambe & Wise
I’ve now managed to get a first, very rough version of I.L.Powell’s 1979 Triton Tiny BASIC ‘Star Trek’ game to work in Python on my Raspberry Pi. Most of my effort has been spent in understanding how...
View ArticleAn appeal: PAFEC DOGS is worthy of conservation
Recently, there’s been quite a bit of banter in the comments of a post I wrote a couple of years ago about my first employer, PAFEC Ltd. It’s got me thinking. It would be great to try to re-create a...
View ArticleSmart metering – 1973 style
#OnThisDay 1973: “The entire cycle, from meter reading to final account, without the intervention of a single human” Michael Rodd cosplayed as some sort of Matrix meter reader, on Tomorrow’s World....
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