Greeks Vent Their Fury on Microsoft
The Greeks have tried to destroy Microsoft’s offices in Athens by fire according to this article in The Register.
It would appear no-one was hurt.
A Dead Bus Outside NatWorst
Apparently, all of the passengers had jumped into the branch to get their money out. The cashiers decided to pay everybody out in 5p. pieces and the result was the extra weight caused the bus to stall and break down.
A Dead Bus Outside NatWorst
Apparently this ruse was tried in 1745 to stop a run on the Bank of England, when Bonnie Prince Charlie was marching on London. In those days though they used sixpences.
The Clockwork Orange
The bus advertising Ed Sheeran was also around.
The Clockwork Orange on Route 38
I’ve heard it referred to as The Clockwork Orange.
Ed Sheeran incidentally, was praised for his performance in the recent BBC Radio 1’s Weekend at Hackney.
New Buses for London Are Now Running In Convoy
Bus route 38 in London is one those with the highest frequency of buses. I have joked before that they often run in convoy and today for the first time, I saw two New Buses for London running together on the Balls Pond Road.
New Buses for London in Convoy
Perhaps, they are avoiding the U-boats in the Regents Canal to the South! Or the hippopotami in the New River.
There’s An Article Here
The Britain From Above web site has some good photographs of stations. This link shows a good one of Marylebone and the Great Central Hotel in front.
I actually think, that a shot of Marylebone from the same place would look very much the same today, except for diesel instead of steam trains.
Someone will write the article.
On a more serious note, railway and other historians will use the database of pictures to sort out, what was there in the 1920s and 30s and how something should be restored. And also to enliven dull articles.
Facebook Tells People The E-Mail Address To Use
If I join a club or a forum on the Internet, I like to decide how I’m contacted or addressed. So I think Facebook is beig arrogant in swapping e-mail addresses to their own system in members cotacts. It’s all here on the BBC.
How dare they!
I think I made a good decision to leave Facebook.
On A Clear Disc, You Can Seek Forever
The NatWorst computer problems have reminded me of one of the truest computer maxims.
On a Clear Disc, You Can Seek Forever
So are there any more we should remember? These are some of mine.
If it takes one man, a year to write a computer program, it’ll take two men, two years to write the program and 256 men will take 256 years.
Computers make excellent slaves, but bad masters.
You never lose any data, by taking too many back-ups. And keeping those back-ups in a fireproof environment off-site.
A brilliant reliable programmer will always be the type of person that the CEO says, shouldn’t ever be hired.
Programming productivity is directly proportional to the amount of real ale consumed at lunchtime.
Apples go faster if dropped from a taller building
For every programmer, you should employ at least one software tester.
The likelihood of a severe failure, increases on the square of the distance between the programmers and the installation.
Happy Programming!
A Lady After My Own Heart
I’ve never heard of Merryn Somerset Webb, but I have heard of the magazine she writes for; Money Week.
One of my alerts pulled up an article entitled, For better returns, ditch traditional investments. This is something I definitely believe in. But I would say that after once investing £10 e.w.on a nag at 500-1 in the Derby, I don’t think conservatively. In the end as Terimon came second, I trousered upwards of a grand.
If you read the article, Merryn makes some interesting points. She mentions the first two of possibly many alternative banks aimed at SMEs; Cambridge and Counties Bank and Silicon Valley Bank, who have opened or are rumoured to be opening in the UK.
I don’t need such a bank, but I’ll be watching how both progress in the next few months.
Funny Program of the Night
Watching a program called Traffic Cops. The Police nicked this guy, who had eaten a crushed up dog biscuit thinking it was drugs, for which he’d been arrested. The officer said they were barking up the wrong tree.
The Anonymous Widower 