Arthur not so Grand

I came across a post this week regarding a recruitment firm that made a spectacular blunder with a job post for a position with a well known investment firm in…

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SATA drive not detected in Windows or Disk Management but shows in BIOS

Today I purchased a new SATA drive to replace a lower capacity version. The model I purchased was Kingston A400 Solid State Drive 400GB To my horror, the disk did…

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Hitting the reset button

This week I will have completed my 7th hike in 7 weeks. Perhaps the COVID situation and lack of routine, especially in regards to the structure of office life has…

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What happens to old data?

Of all the buzzwords in IT “Big Data” is one that irks me the most. There has always been the concept of large volumes of data (think banking) before we…

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Watching sports

I’ve just started work at a new place. This time I’ve moved away from the financial industry and have found myself in the exciting world of TV broadcast! One of…

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Gift cards

There was a time when  we would buy presents for each. Actual physical items carefully chosen*, wrapped up, sticky-taped and tossed under the Christmas tree. There was the joy (and…

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BlueVPN [Bluetooth DUN] compatible apps

Nigel Whitfield wrote a fantastic article on tethering a Nokia E71 (and similar) to the Google Nexus 7 As you might be aware, not all apps are compatible with this…

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