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Postcards from my mind, written for my reader, she knows who she is.

Volvo Lifepaint: Blame the vulnerable

July 5, 2015 No Comments

“The young driver lost his concentration and hit me from behind….” “We are on roads that were, really, built 100 years ago for far less traffic” “Putting something on that will make you scream out to drivers like me …” So, motorists not paying attention need to be shouted at to make sure they […]

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Computing Department of Slightly Pointless Retro

The Mahler Project

March 30, 2015March 30, 2015 No Comments

A short documentary about an event inspired by a one liner in the original ZX Spectrum BASIC handbook. The challenge was to program in the entirety of Mahler’s First Symphony on the ZX Spectrum using Sinclair Basic. Evidently the original challenge wasn’t thought out – there isn’t enough room in a Speccy’s memory to hold […]

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Department of Slightly Pointless Government Regulation

Slow Clap of the Day: Delivery firms refuse to use new postcode system

November 6, 2014November 18, 2014 No Comments

Oh, fantastic – ‘Delivery firms refuse to use new postcode system’. The introduction of Ireland’s new postcode service will be as problematic as Irish Water, some of the country’s biggest transport delivery firms confirmed. The Freight Transport Association of Ireland said the planned new Eircode service would be “useless” to its members. […] The randomly-generated […]

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Volvo Lifepaint: Blame the vulnerable

The Mahler Project

Slow Clap of the Day: Delivery firms refuse to use new postcode system