The last few days have involved a blizzard of technical terms such as QAM16 and QPSK as well as re-hashing more familiar ground of embedded Linux machines and ATM and E1 connections. This week has been set aside as product training on the VectaStar system so I have a general …

My University days where a long time ago. My memory of certain events was prompted by reading this article.

(via slashdot)

One thing I've been doing at work is an experiment to convert the source code repository from CVS to something a little newer. This has been more than a little challenging.

The main problem is the tool cvsps is quite hungry for memory, especially on the rather large repository I'm …

I like xkcd, it's a true geeks comic. Today's topic is the LHC at CERN which goes on-line later this year.

Of course the real LHC will be generating data at such a massive rate it may well be some time until we know if the Standard Model gets another …

I drove down south this morning in what will be a regular occurrence until we sort out where we will eventually end up living. All in all it wasn't too bad, leaving Manchester at 8 and getting me to work around 11.

I enjoy listening to the radio while driving …