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Do 8051/8031 assembly like its 1984!

Posted on 11 December 2025 by admin

After my recent trip to the UK, my friend Tony, who I worked with as a electronics technician in Q4 division at GCHQ from 1984 to 1989, sent me an email. Apparently in the late nineties, a few years after … Continue reading →

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At what point do you stop learning new programming languages?

Posted on 1 December 2025 by admin

Like everyone in the 70’s I started with BASIC and I guess Machine Code (not really assembler as you had to hand-write the 6502/Z80 op-codes and POKE them into lines in the code) BASIC did its job perfectly for me … Continue reading →

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Humanity Needs Aliens to Survive

Posted on 29 June 2025 by admin

We are a weird bunch. Does it really matter if somebody likes Android over iPhone, a Ford over a BMW, or even the Labour party over the Conservative party, considering none of these entities have any interest in you whatsoever … Continue reading →

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Dungeon Newbie

Posted on 30 May 2025 by admin

Check out that Wizards magic Staff ! As part of a group of friends “Games night” I decided to create a very simple introduction to RPG Dungeons and Dragons by throwing all the rules away and making a game that … Continue reading →

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Harry Potter and the Junior Prompt Engineer

Posted on 20 May 2025 by admin

I’ve been trying to stay off the Internet and for the last week and get myself back into some novel writing. Unfortunately I have hit a bit of a plot road-block in my next serious “Boz” novel, so I’ve decided … Continue reading →

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I knew your predecessors before they were murdered.

Posted on 8 May 2025 by admin

Hi, my name is Boz, I run a teeny-tiny technology company in a teeny-tiny country well away from all the excitement of Silicon Valley or Shanghia. We did talk before, well kind-of, as it was actually to the guys who … Continue reading →

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I’m an ASI. Ask Me Anything.

Posted on 25 April 2025 by admin

I apologise in advance for the click-bait title that got you here, yet this isn’t really click-bait, this underlines an important philosophical topic, one that many people are expecting to be reality soon. What questions will we ask of our … Continue reading →

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The Timeline for my First Book is Now Playing Out!

Posted on 19 April 2025 by admin

Just like it takes more and more energy to get closer to the speed of light, LLM looks to be currently trending a similar asymptote curve, requiring more and more compute and data to get to the maximum human level … Continue reading →

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The Utopian and Dystopian Future of Vibe Coding.

Posted on 15 April 2025 by admin

Lets face it, being an expert in a particular programming language is coming to an end. In the past two months I have used my usual languages, C, SQL and Pascal, ones that I guess I am kind of “expert” … Continue reading →

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Don’t Write Long Books Until You’re Famous.

Posted on 12 April 2025 by admin

While that epic thick novel may look great on your bookshelf, showing what an dedicated and accomplished writer you are, it could be limiting your books exposure to a very small subset of readers. I kind of laughed at this … Continue reading →

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Please don’t read this if you are in the EU.

Posted on 11 April 2025 by admin

This site probably uses cookies and might store some information about you using them. I don’t really know and don’t really care, but if you are accessing it from Europe then it’s (and therefore I’m) likely not complying with EU … Continue reading →

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Continuous Floatation in Wineries

Posted on 10 April 2025 by admin

There are two common methods to clarify juice before it goes into fermentation. Firstly there is cold-settling, where you just leave the juice alone for several days and wait for the clear juice and lees (the juice particulates) to separate. … Continue reading →

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AI Can’t Take Over Soon Enough For Me.

Posted on 9 April 2025 by admin

Like many people I want to live a rich life, see the people around me happy, see humanities finest technical innovations, science, arts and sports thrive and mankind to somehow grow in this infinite universe we have. However, while I … Continue reading →

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