I have been using laptops for most of my computing needs for over 15 years. Before that I always had desktops: keyboard, mouse, tower, screen. Although I am right-handed I ended up using a mouse with my left hand. I had some issues with my right shoulder about 20 years ago, linked to how I… Continue reading A dodgy touchpad
Some time ago I wrote about my “Computer Museum”, a collection of hardware stretching back for 35 years. I have got rid of most of it. It all took up so much space. I backed up all the files as well as I could and learnt how to remove all the hard drives. They are… Continue reading My first 40 years, in Lyrics
A fourth reflection on the 10,000 photos that I can access any time In three earlier pieces (click here for the most recent one) I have reflected on the 10,000 photos that I can access any time. They are either personal to me or were sent my way, as prints or digitally. I have broken… Continue reading 10,000 Photos: Part 4, 1986-2004
A third reflection on the 10,000 photos that I can access any time In two earlier pieces I have reflected on the 10,000 photos that I can access any time. They are either personal to me or were sent my way, as prints or digitally. I am trying to break this theme into smaller chunks,… Continue reading 10,000 Photos: Part 3, before 1986
A further reflection on the 10,000 photos that I can access any time In an earlier piece (“10,000 Photos: An Introduction) I began reflecting on the 10,000 photos that I can access any time. They are either personal to me or were sent my way, as prints or digitally. I could have let that earlier… Continue reading 10,000 Photos: thousands of duplicates
An initial reflection on the 10,000 photos that I can access any time How many photos can you access easily? I’m talking here about photos that are personal to you in some way, or sent for you to see, not photos taken by complete strangers with no connection to you. My estimate, for all the… Continue reading 10,000 Photos: An Introduction
Another reflection on computer hardware and software stretching back 35 years. Most of it is still in my possession. This follows on from My Computer Museum, Part 1: The Amstrad PC1640. The Amstrad PC1640 that I bought in 1988, along with loan PCs from various places where I worked, was good enough for my needs… Continue reading My Computer Museum, Part 2: a 486
A reflection on computer hardware and software stretching back 35 years. Most of it is still in my possession. I bought my first PC (“personal computer”) in 1988, over 35 years ago. It was an Amstrad PC1640, the first IBM compatible PC for sale here in the UK for under £1,000. (It was not the… Continue reading My Computer Museum, Part 1: The Amstrad PC1640
Over the last couple of years I have caught up regularly with a handful of guys I was at school with over 50 years ago. There have been meals out, nights on the beer, weekly games of football. Some of my old classmates have come to see my monthly live performances at a local pub.… Continue reading Unfriending Dead People
Take a look at these two beauties, a pair of rotary telephones that we had stored away for many years. They were out of sight but have recently been brought back into the open. The one on the right is the phone that we used throughout my childhood. I don’t remember any earlier ones, so… Continue reading Rotary Telephones
The Compartments 