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I love living in the USA: The weather is fantastic, people are friendly, I can see palms trees out the window, petrol gas is cheap and I can own a gun. Life is good. Saying that… I’ve been here over five years now and I’ve definitely noticed that I’m picking up a few verbal american’isms. …
Windows 10 Technical Preview Will Be Available For Download Today which is fancy speak for “a free testing version of the new windows can be downloaded today” and *click* I am downloading it right now…. Here is the skinny from techCrunch The company’s new operating system is a long-awaited replacement for its beleaguered Windows 8.x …
RPG Programmers are a strange breed of Human If you are a software developer then you will know that RPG is an IBM programming Language. It’s also a Rocket Propelled Grenade. It’s also an acronym for Role Playing Games. This blog will have lots of waffle about being an RPG Programmer and just the occasional …
*sigh* So, my NETGEAR WNDR3700 WIRELESS ROUTER has failed. Working one day – Dying the next. This is the second WNDR3700 Router that has failed for me, with the same problem. The first one failed within a few months of ownership and was replaced by Netgear. This second (replacement) unit is now 3 years old …
Sadly, my much abused heavily used Wireless Network Router looks like it died this morning… well not quite a DEATH… more like gone into a partial coma. This Netgear Rangemax WNDR3700 (Version1) router is a great piece of kit and prior to this I have had no complaints: good range, fast streaming, normal+high speed wireless …
So, I was watching a documentary about a guy that eats PIZZA every single day of his life. He has it for dinner every night. He Loves it. I had to admit that it’s very very like my obsession with the classic “Cheese and Wine” meal. A few different cheeses, some crusty French bread and …
It’s not as simple as saying the the “Website has crashed” it’s more like the website has groan, warned me and then exploded in the most egregious way. That will teach me to go tinkering in SQL… *sigh* Bollocks, Bugger and Damnation! On the bright(ish) side this site has been around since the days of …
IBM i, AS400, iSeries, Life, Programming
I used to be an AS400 RPG Programmer – What am I now? I’m an IT Consultant (aka RPG Programmer) primarily working on IBM Power Systems (IBM i, System-i, iSeries, AS400). I’ve worked with the IBM AS400 (iSeries, IBMi) for twenty years and specialize in all variants of the RPG/CL language as well as detailed …
Doctor Who’ Star Matt Smith Joins ‘Pride and Prejudice and Zombies’ (Exclusive) Matt Smith, who recently completed a four-season stint starring in Doctor Who, has joined the cast of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, the adaptation of the Seth Grahame-Smith novel. The movie is a horror-comedy spin on Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. The heroine, …
You know you’re in California when the welder at the Muffler Shop gives you dietary advice on vegetables and fruits! So, in my search for an alternative to the wallet busting quote of $1,300.00 to replace Hermans the Honda’s full exhaust system I stumbled across a local muffler shop and dropped by for a free …
Boris is Dead! Long live Herman :)))) So, Herman has been a terrific little car over the last year. The complete opposite experience from my nightmares with Boris the Landrover. These Honda Elements are great little mini-SUV’s that are economical, cheap to run, roomy inside and generally just good fun! He’s driven from South Carolina …
Grab a Coffee – let’s talk about DIVORCE I managed to live the first half of my life without ever setting foot in a court house or ever needing the services of an attorney, a lawyer or a barrister (I still don’t know the difference) Something that we Brit’s talk about with embarrassment and feeling …
