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Real World Hacking

Hacking in the virtual world is almost as prevalent as speeding on the motorways, in that there are so many people doing it, it is almost expected that things get hacked. New exploits and ways of hacking are being discovered all the time, and the cyber world has become a …

ReamdeNeal Stephenson

Reamde

A story about the crossover of the digital realms and the physical, rolled into a plot centered on international terrorism. From the book From the extraordinary Neal Stephenson comes an epic adventure that spans entire worlds, both real and virtual. The black sheep of an Iowa farming clan, former draft …

Competitive Quotes

Sometimes we get an insight into the unscrupulous nature of some of our competitors, and the lengths they go to, to bamboozle their …

Sometimes a simple thanks or a 'well done' wouldn't go unappreciated.

Under appreciated

It is sometimes hard being an engineer, as the truth is that if you do your job well, the results are often …

Epic Fail from Epson

Sometimes it is unbelievable just how poor some companies service can be. Take for instance today’s debacle trying to get a two …

I’ve Got Those Courier Blues…

Today was one of those days, a complete waste of a morning thanks to those wonderfully helpful courier types. I received a ‘We’re sorry we …

Sadly sometimes things go wrong - even for the IT people!

Broken

“Why do things always go wrong just when you don’t need them to?” This is a cry we hear all the time; …