I will be taking part in NaBloWriMo again this year (also known as “National Blog Writing Month”) – the annual challenge to write a blog post on every day throughout November. It sounds easy, but I can assure you from years gone by – it’s not.
The first few days are great fun – writing about [...]
I’m pulling out of NaNoWriMo. I had no time yesterday to write anything, no time today to write anything, will have no time tomorrow to write anything, and no time on Tuesday to write anything.
It’s just bloody ridiculous.
Networking the computers turned out to be both easier and more difficult than I had imagined. Windows for Workgroups 3.11 made it easier than I had perhaps thought, and cheaper too. Mid 90s networking hardware made it ridiculously error prone, difficult, and liable to fail at the worst moments.
The word “Network” typically conjurs up [...]
One morning while wandering through the streets of Witney on my way to the office, something in my head told me to stop off at the newsagent in Corn Street.
There were two news agents within easy walking distance of the bus stops – a big chain newsagent at the entrance to the shopping arcade that [...]
Sam neatened the paperwork in his hands by dropping it through his fingers onto the desk.
“We want you to connect all the computers together, and make a database of all the customers, quotes, and orders so everybody can get at stuff quickly while they are on the phone”
He grinned.
“How does that sound?”
I wanted to say [...]
A little after ten oclock, while feeding the third stack of floppy disks into my tremendously exciting new computer, I heard Captain Hook’s laugh drift up the office.
I looked up.
A sharp suited, bryl cream haired head was striding purposely through the office, bellowing confident morning greetings to anybody and everybody who made eye contact.
It was [...]
My arrival at my new employer could be described best as accidentally falling from a moving car, and landing completely unscathed, on your feet.
A few short days ago I was watching the world go by from the window of a portacabin in a hell hole. I now had my own desk, my own computer, my [...]
The digital wail of an alarm clock rips into the remnants of the quite wonderful dream I was having about Jet from Gladiators, and I crack an eye open. A silent black nose is inches front mine – now holding it’s breath in the anticipation that I will get up and feed it.
The black nose [...]
I am going to post the various scribblings that contribute to my NaNoWriMo attempt into my blog. An hour this morning has seen the first 2000 words committed to paper, and I’ve not even begun telling the real story yet. I’m giving each chapter the imaginative name of “Chapter 1″, “Chapter 2″, and so on [...]
I knew it was a bit stupid getting involved in NaNoWriMo.
I’ve got nothing written today so far, and neither will I, short of causing a huge argument.
Roll on staying up all night.
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