Category Archives: Speculation

Three Technologies I want to see before I die:

Posted on 21 March 2026 by admin

Number 1: The ORAC Computer I will start with what I think is going to be the easiest, an AI Computer, that can interact with voice, gestures and understands every nuance of interacting with a human. When I was a … Continue reading →

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NOW is the Time to Eat Their Lunch

Posted on 13 March 2026 by admin

Not sure where to start on this one. We are in the most rapidly evolving time I have ever lived in, it seems like everything in the world is going crazy, then the icing on the cake, along comes AI. … Continue reading →

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Preparing For the AI Future Should be Top of Your List!

Posted on 4 March 2026 by admin

Humans are creatures of habit, and you may not like this, but almost everything meaningful you do in your day to day life can be reduced to a series of prompts. Ditto for your work, especially if you are sat … Continue reading →

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AI Coding: 2022 Sci-Fi, Versus March 2026 Reality

Posted on 3 March 2026 by admin

I was researching some bare-metal assembly code for a 2D shooter RP2350 arcade board I am developing as a personal project, and got to a segue where things were going a bit too well on the coding front; so I … Continue reading →

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The Utopian AI Problem Few People are Talking About.

Posted on 1 March 2026 by admin

The current bunch of AI’s out there are smarter, and in some cases even more empathetic than many people I have dealt with, yet I would turn these AI’s off without a seconds though if needed. I would not however … Continue reading →

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AI Slop is caused by Humans, Not AI’s

Posted on 19 February 2026 by admin

Let’s think about the catch phrase all the ‘smart people’ in the world have been using for the last few months “AI Slop”. Yeah, “AI Slop!” It has a certain ring about it, doesn’t it? yet the phrase is both … Continue reading →

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Don’t look Behind The Curtains!

Posted on 30 January 2026 by admin

My recent goals to work with and learn some newer, more popular, micro-controllers, and to try some different programming languages, has made me also take another look at the ways things have progressed since I started my career. My programming … Continue reading →

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Why Do We Still Pay For International Calls in 2025?

Posted on 12 December 2025 by admin

We live in an era where global communication is instant, continuous, and, thanks to apps like WhatsApp, Zoom and Messenger, usually completely free. Yes, technically the data is drawn down from your cellular data allowance, but free wi-fi is prevalent … 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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Download My First Book Trilogy eBook For Free!

Posted on 17 October 2025 by Boz

After finishing a painful two month round of editing of my first book series The Summer of Reasoning, based on some readers feedback (big thank you to Steve and Jen in the UK). I have cut out a few threads … 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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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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