In a couple of days the people of the U.K. will be voting on whether or not to remain part of the European Union. Or rather, a select group of the people of the U.K. will be voting – many… Read moreDemocracy?

The “away-day” happened, there were no major fights, and lots of people went to the pub… The morning consisted of us being split into cross team groups to discuss how our activities map onto the new department strategy – a… Read morePost “away-day” thoughts

Tomorrow we have a department ‘away day’… I’ve been fortunate enough to only be forced into taking part in three such events in the past, two planning/collaboration ones in conference rooms, and one team building one with paintball guns… From… Read morePre-away day thoughts

After I finally got my Alternative CV for Digital Writing Month completed one week late, but now three weeks ago, I fully intended to start participating properly by doing some ‘digital writing’. I started writing a blog post containing my… Read moreWhat is ‘Digital Writing’ anyway?

At the top of the front page of the personal wiki I use for my work notes, I have a quote from Walter Bright (author of the Zortech/Symantec/Digital Mars C++ compiler and creator of the D programming language) – “Ignore… Read moreWalter Bright, Professor Branestawm and me (a #twistedpair post)

Recently I’ve been asked to evaluate an online conferencing system, with a view to getting it set up on an IT Services server for teaching next semester. As a software engineer, I am really one of the last people who… Read moreEvaluating an online conference system – or not…

My surface arrived yesterday afternoon – much quicker than expected! It feels very solid, and looks great. Not had a gret deal of time to play with it yet, but a few initial thoughts: The flip out stand makes it… Read moreFurther surface update 🙂

Still no Microsoft Surface 🙁 – Microsoft cancelled my order due to the bank suspecting fraud, and refusing payment. Although I phoned Microsoft within an hour of this happening, and subsequently sorted things out with the bank, my order could… Read moreSurface update

I don’t have a Surface yet 🙁 – apparently U.K. customers are only getting them shipped today, while North American customers were getting theirs dispatched to arrive today. However, I’ve have been playing with Windows 8 for a while now,… Read moreWindows 8 and the Surface