Saturday, 31 January 2015

The Books I Read In January

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Fiction 'The Affinity Bridge' by George Mann This has classic elements of a steampunk novel set in 1901 it features a mad scientis...
Saturday, 24 January 2015

My Books Creating Some Interest On The Internet

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This posting is a bit of an ego-boost for me.  They say only sad people search themselves on the internet.  However, this blog has long been...
Monday, 5 January 2015

Less And Less Control Over What My Computer Does

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As noted last month, I was facing the deterioration of my laptop after 3.5 years.  Over the Christmas period it got worse, regularly overhea...
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Wednesday, 31 December 2014

The Books I Read In December

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Non-Fiction 'Winston Churchill' by Henry Pelling This book was first published in 1974 and I read a revised edition from 1982.  Ho...
Friday, 12 December 2014

Three Years Old And My Computer Is Dying

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In the movie, 'Blade Runner'  (1982), the replicants, the life-like androids have a life expectancy of only four years.  The portray...
Wednesday, 3 December 2014

Be Bashless and Norant: Have Gorm and Ruth

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The other day the 13-year old boy who used to live in the house I once owned, was playing a computer game in which he constructed vehicles a...
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Sunday, 30 November 2014

Books I Read In November

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Fiction 'Neverwhere' by Neil Gaiman There are apparently three versions of this book.  It began as a television series (1996) prom...