Richard Stallman (or in geek circles simply rms) is an outspoken advocate of Free Software. One could argue that without his pioneering work founding the GNU project that things like Linux and Firefox wouldn't exist today.

He is also a controversial figure who can and does divide opinion in the …

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)

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 …

David Braben has an opinion piece on the BBC today as they celebrate the legacy of the BBC Micro. My family never actually owned a BBC Micro, although we did own several other esoteric machines which came with the premise that the main activity anyone owning one would be to …