Songs for my funeral: Little Fluffy Clouds – Acoustek I Got Love For Ya – Timbaland & Magoo My Sweet Lord – George Harrison G Funk Intro – Snoop Dogg Main Vein – Jamiroquai Golden Age of Life – 4 Hero Somewhere in My Heart – Aztec Camera Broken Wings – Mr Mister Down to […]
I hate changing state. I hate going to sleep, and I hate waking up. I love being awake and I love being asleep. I can stay up all might writing and playing computer games, and I can stay in bed until the afternoon. The movement between the two though – wow. I hate getting ready […]
Like history, the computer industry is cyclical, so I predict that cloud computing will last fifteen years. Why? Computing started as a single logical unit with all resources available locally. Then came the mainframe, where computing resources were centralised and accessed remotely through remote terminals. When mainframes became oversubscribed, resources were sent back to the […]
I was walking down my road today and noticed how small everything is. Small houses shoe-horned between other small houses, with small windows and small doors, with small cars parked outside. Cars and houses need to be small, because space is a premium, and there are so many people living in such close proximity now. […]
Here’s a world where cloning and genetics goes commercial: Footballers will be generated using the DNA of past greats. Their names would represent which iteration of that footballer they are. For example, Pele Three Hundred, Bergkamp Five Two. You will have “managers” of these clones across the clubs they all play for, much like constructors […]
“So, what is it?” Commander Deane leaned over the lab desk, his muscles standing out through his crisp white shirt. On the other side of the desk, a scientist adjusted his small glasses and coughed nervously into the sleeve of his anorak. The lab was chilly; understandable, considering the artic wind outside. “We, uh, don’t […]
I had left for work this morning with no pet to my name, but I was now the confused owner of a malnourished and depressed dog. I vaguely remembered the events, but not the reasons for doing them – like a bad decision made while drunk. As I was walking home from work, with […]
It’s hard to be positive about the NHS after having experienced almost a year’s worth of exposure to it. Long story short, my father has had an aorta aneurism, several clots in his groin and right leg, several cardiac arrests, and now has had his right leg amputated. During which, he has received a wide […]
American Idol and X Factor are for those who like the idea of being singers, but don’t want to put in the hard work to become successful singers. There are A LOT of people who made it big without going through some reality TV competition, and they had to work hard to get there. And […]
Companies’ cloud strategies rely on two main points: A reduction in IT headcount. Hosting services in its broadest term means less administration by IT operatives employed by the company. This obviously saves money by way of lay-offs, but it also means that existing staff will not be required to know the intricacies of that system […]
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