Month: January 2019

Internet Visibility

Being escorted from an interview (job, not police!), I had a small chat with my prospective manager. I mentioned security checks, and he replied that he has a background in security (computer, I assume) and had looked me over online. It’s entirely reasonable to do this. Sensible, in fact. LinkedIn, Twitter and my CV page…

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My websites – a potted history

I started writing websites in 1996 or 7. These started as basic static sites, all with the standard format (about / more info / pictures / contact). The first was written in the DOS editor, wasn’t tested, probably had no real formatting other than some Hx/B/I/P tags. It was either about myself or my Morris…

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Reasons to buy an Apple computer

Right now I can think of only three reasons to buy an Apple computer. It’s what you use already – so there’s some investment in skill, ecosystem, software and so on. While this might seem little more than inertia or laziness, the change required in moving to a different platform really is significant. It’s doesn’t…

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Back again… but what is this magic?

So I’m back again…. but now there’s a whizzy wysiwyg editor to confuse me. Why am I back (for now)? Possibly because I’m off Facebook for the nonce. And why’s that, and is it long term? Well, the why is because it was becoming an issue for me, and I really have better things to…

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