Author Archives: Donncha

Wow! a small bird flew into th …

Wow! a small bird flew into the office a few minutes ago! It landed on a chair, I spotted it, grabbed my camera, but it disappeared again. It came in again a few minutes later and I had my camera ready and took a few pics, none are great as it’s very hard to take photographs of a fast-flying and agitated bird in an enclosed space. I grabbed a bin and spent the next 5 minutes trying to capture it, with Kevin’s help we managed to get it into the bin and covered before letting it go outside. I heard the bird chirp 3 times as it flew away.. (wipes tear from eye)

iDrive a failure (and other pe …

<a href="http://www.winterspeak.com/2002_12_01_archive.html#
90005185″>iDrive a failure (and other pervasive thoughts) – yeah, the cost of training. I’ve helped non-computer literate people use PCs. It’s hard. What’ll happen when computers are in everything? Flashing “12:00” on every device in the country? Or a broken washing machine that has a bust eprom? (yes, ours broke down a few days ago..)

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