Category Archives: BBC

What is Experience?

Posted on January 25, 2015 by Gaius

Like many people of my generation, I started programming at an early age. At 10, I was writing 6502 assembly language. My beloved BBC Micro lacked built-in flood fill, circle and ellipse drawing, and other graphics commands, and I spent … Continue reading →

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2014

Posted on December 28, 2014 by Gaius

So, how was 2014 for me, in tech at least? Pretty good. It has been quite an interesting experience adapting to an all-proprietary tech stack (database, language, IDE, job scheduler) but I feel I am finally getting a grip on … Continue reading →

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August

Posted on July 31, 2013 by Gaius

As of today I am on gardening leave, and I intend to spend the time productively (after taking a long-planned and well-deserved holiday next week!). In no particular order: Update this blog more regularly, I have some posts that I … Continue reading →

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Raspberry Pi: Who is it really for?

Posted on February 29, 2012 by Gaius

There is a lot of discussion on the Internet today about the Raspberry Pi. This is a project over which I am deeply ambiguous. On the one hand, exposure to computing at an early age was enormously influential on my … Continue reading →

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Illiquid Markets

Posted on February 21, 2012 by Gaius

Some crazy prices on eBay: RAMAMP RA20+44 for £500. This (I believe) is a board that adds 32K to a standard Model B, which can be used as sideways or shadow RAM. A shadow RAM only Aries B20 goes for … Continue reading →

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Happy New Year

Posted on January 4, 2012 by Gaius

Regular readers may have noticed that I’ve gone a bit quiet of late. Part of this is down to the new job which has been keeping me busy; it builds on my existing skills of course, but there is plenty … Continue reading →

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