Martyn on January 31st, 2010

Not everyone in the banking industry is corrupt, a cheat and liar, but many are.  The industry as a whole has a frightful attitude towards its customers (and indeed many of its employees) and in the UK they have far more power than the average company.  Cutting through red tape and not telling the truth [...]

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I have never been enthusiastic about Apple.  I’m not sure if its an irrational dislike of them or some professional jealousy, probably a mixture of both.  As a programmer since the late 70’s I watched in frustration as hardware and software companies took proprietary routes which held back progress for us all.
As soon as the [...]

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Martyn on January 26th, 2010

If you want to boost the performance of your PC or Laptop a high performance SSD such as the OCX Vertex Turbo Series SATA II 2.5″ is ideal (Search Yourtube for independent performance test examples and be prepared for a surprise). But they usually cost between £400 and £500.
When everywhere else still asks £400+ [...]

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Martyn on January 5th, 2010

Dedicated to Rudenko of RoboSoft
As a software developer I should not criticise my peers, I am only too well aware of my own shortcomings.  However after 8 years I can no longer be quiet.
My angst is over RoboSoft PAD Automation Software, and its excellent. It does exactly what I want, how I want it to [...]

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