Big Data – it’s Pretty Big!

by Alan on June 18, 2013

in Business

The Physical Size of Big Data

Let the Lions Roar

by Alan on April 29, 2013

in Rugby

With just over 12 hours to go before the 2013 British and Irish squad is announced, there are probably some nervous players waiting to hear their fortune.
For those living in hope but soon to be disappointed, there will always be the national tours. But they will never compare to being a Lion.
To those selected: congratulations and may they roar in Australia.
How I wish I was going to be travelling with them.

Microsoft Windows 95 operating system cover shot

This one needed changing!

I bought a new laptop last weekand having been a user of Dell machines for many many years I was seduced by the apparent good looks and power of a new Samsung machine.

When I got home I really felt quite pleased with the purchase until, that is, I started using the Windows 8 operating system.

Who on earth designed and authorized this dog’s breakfast of an operating system?

Who had done the Usability testing? Who ever it was has really failed in my opinion.

And the worst moment of all: how on earth do you switch the machine off? It’s so different from previous editions of Windows that it can only be change for change’s sake. And that is never a good basis for change.

Overall not impressed, but then, it does look nice.

 

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Hold your Horses and get some perspective

11 February 2013 Politics

When you compare the reaction to the reports of Horse meat in many “prepared meals” to the reaction to reports of poor care in NHS Hospitals it is clear that some people have lost their true sense of perspective. There are now 14 hospitals subject to investigation of high death rates, but the public reaction [...]

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Plus ca change, mais c’est la meme chose

6 February 2013 Sport

Will it be the same 15 as started for Wales last Saturday or will the selector(s) stick with the same team? That’s a question that’s been kicked around in many a bar ever since the middle of the first half of the match against Ireland where the performance was pretty woeful. Here’s my plan for [...]

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Why you should not get involved in countries with Straight line borders

3 February 2013 Politics

Several years – actually probably around 2 decades ago – I was getteing ready for a new job in the Army. It was at a time when all our political and military focus had been on the threat of war in Europe as a result of a Soviet invasion. This focus was almost total, as [...]

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Scary Snowmen

24 January 2013 Family

I saw this picture on Facebook, and reckoned that if you were walking through a graveyard one winter evening and saw them then they’d have a pretty striking impact!  

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