Working with chatbots…
I have to work with chatbots every day now for my role. It’s not something I specifically sought out, and isn’t something I was especially hoping to do in my later life, but here I am. It makes me wonder…
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Should I post more?
I had hoped that I’d find a more convenient way of writing into this blog. I’m not a diary keeper or a writer, normally, but I’ve been hacking about with things, running into problems and finding novel solutions to things…
Is Linux in its difficult teen years?
Assuming you were lucky and had only jumped from one good Microsoft Desktop OS to the next good Microsoft Desktop OS, I reckon your upgrade path would have gone: DOS3.2->DOS6.22->Windows 95c->Windows 98 SE->Windows 2000->Windows 7 All the other steps like…
Why all this bureaucracy?
Recently, I’ve had to apply for quite a few things to our local council. Mostly things to do with the house. But I’ve also had a car ‘incident’, plus regulatory hiccups with work things…. And it’s driving me crazy. It…
Around around we go…
For my job, I’ve been asked to look at all the different AI vendors. I’ve grabbed myself logins to most of the ‘big ones’, and a few of the newer upstarts. I’ve been running queries through them to see how…
Bye bye Social Media…
I originally joined Twitter way back during the Arab Spring. It really felt like the world was turning a corner and everything was getting better for everyone. IT was like, as a collective whole we had come together to celebrate…
Terraria Server!
So, we’ve been playing Terraria as a family for a little while… Or at least I have with the kids. I’ve always liked Terraria, but I reach a point where I get bored. Having the kids around makes it a…
Site refresh time?
It’s been a LONG time since I set this site up. I had high hopes of using it as a dumping ground for whatever I was doing, but it turned out that it was harder to use than I anticipated.…
SSL Certs… Why for a blog?
Personally, I think SSL certificates are only worthwhile if you’re transferring secret information, like bank records or passwords, but I’m finding that more and more sites are just adding SSL anyway. I’ve got a personal axe to grind in that…
Project Euler: Level 4 – am I doing this wrong?!
So, after several months, grabbing an hour here and there in between work and parenting I’ve somehow managed to reach Level 4 in Project Euler. For anyone who doesn’t know what that means, it means I’ve passed beyond the first…