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A Piaggio scooter - 3 wheeled, but banks like a motorcycle, rather than rides like a trike. I just bought a 500 cc sport tourer LT version.
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Funny urinal moment
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Kyber Consultancy Ltd is born
1 June 2013 – 11:10
After many years, I have finally got around to forming a limited company focused on consulting services I can offer. In keeping with my primary computing identity of the last three decades or so, I have called it Kyber Consultancy Ltd.
The strapline for the site is: Independent Consulting on IT Strategy, IT Management, IT Project Management.
Kyber Consultancy offers services from very experienced IT professionals with real world practical experience of running IT organisations in business Read more [...]
Happy 50th
1 June 2013 – 10:15
Absolutely delighted to turn 50 at last. Feels like a proper age, and I can stop feeling like the kid on the block about to be found out to be an imposter.
Two fantastic presents. Firstly, and best of all, a new hand-made shirt from my wife, the first for years (she has been too busy studying). Secondly, a motorcycle again. I have been promising myself one of these for years.
Also, enjoyed a great meal out on my brother at the King and Thai near Ironbridge with my brother and Read more [...]
Moving on from IBM
1 June 2013 – 10:07
Two big milestones in my life this year:
turning 50
leaving IBM
The first was automatic, and as I have been referring to myself as 50ish for a good while, was no big shock anyway. The second was a voluntary decision that ultimately took moments to make after considering it off and on for the last year or so. I have been with IBM for 11 years, and PricewaterhouseCoopers for a year before that. I had no plans to join IBM, but their purchase of the consulting arm of PricewaterhouseCoopers in Read more [...]
Broke my ICE B1I only purchased this a few weeks ago, my first recumbent. Bought as new from old …
21 April 2013 – 09:06
Broke my ICE B1I only purchased this a few weeks ago, my first recumbent. Bought as new from old stock under the UK Government's Cyclescheme (tax free). Work commitments, snow & ice, and a knee injury mean I have hardly used it. A few hours only, all on my driveway or nice tarmac covered car parks.Was trying to get good at starting off on less than perfect ground (gravel on my drive) yesterday and turned the handlebars hard when they suddenly sheered away and I pitched over.I have sent an Read more [...]
Humanist response to tragedy
20 April 2013 – 12:24
I do envy those of faith at such times.
I have been watching coverage of the bombings at the Boston marathon as well as the car bombings in Baghdad both of which showed many at prayer and whilst I do not believe the prayer itself gets a direct response it is clear that those praying do benefit as they feel they are doing something, it provides a practical (to them) way to respond and helps them deal with the issue. That others are praying provides some comfort to many of the victims. That someone Read more [...]
Fine refunded thanks to Social Networking
18 April 2013 – 09:24
£60 parking fine being refunded thanks to a Google+ post. I left my car for a couple of hours for a full valet at the Park Inn hotel in Telford.
A month later I received a bill from Parking Eye for £100 (£60 if pay quickly) for parking on the hotel's car park without paying. As I had no proof of the valet, I decided to pay up.
I know many now argue that private fines have no standing and also realise I could have appealed but frankly I did not want the hassle, and these things can drag on Read more [...]
Recumbent cycling
2 March 2013 – 19:05
I may well regret this, but I have decided to invest in a recumbent bicycle. I have been thinking about getting a bike again for the last couple of years, prompted in part by the Government's cycle to work scheme that effectively allows you to purchase a bike against gross income rather than net, post tax, pay.
I used to enjoy cycling a lot, but I was of course much lighter and fitter then. In more recent years, I have found bikes far too uncomfortable to ride for long, even with so-called comfy Read more [...]
Samsung SIII / Note 2 or Apple iPhone
9 December 2012 – 21:23
I was on a forum, and there was a question about which was better. My view: amazing how many responses are just "XXX is better" without saying in what way.
Clearly, there are merits to each phone, and there is no overall objective "better" measure that can be applied.
I use the big brother to the SIII (The Samsung Galaxy Note II, and I used its predecessor). I prefer the Note (and the same would apply to the SIII generally) because:
1. I find the iPhone 4S Read more [...]
Yodel / HDNL delivery problems
18 September 2012 – 09:21
Amazon use HDNL (Home Delivery Network) - also known as Yodel - for a lot of their deliveries. Inevitably, with such a large volume of items being sent out, there are reports of problems and given that delivery times are not to tight slots, there will be times when people are not in when deliveries arrive. However, my own experience of this carrier was pretty bad in that delivery attempts were often claimed when we had been in and seen no sign of anyone.
We switched some time ago to using a locker Read more [...]
Playing with a tazer
15 September 2012 – 18:50
This story has turned up in lots of places, and might well be apocryphal, but it seems completely likely to me so there is probably some truth there somewhere. Enjoy.
The occasion was our anniversary and I was looking for a little something extra for my wife Lynne.. What I came across was a 100,000-volt, pocket/purse- sized tazer.
The effects of the tazer were supposed to be short lived, with no long-term adverse affect on your assailant, allowing her adequate time to retreat to safety....??
WAY Read more [...]
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