Dave Snowdon

I bought this postcard about ten years ago in Karlsruhe, Germany and it just resurfaced while i was sorting out my stuff after moving house. The back suggests that it's titled "Dompteur" by Michael Sowa but I don't know any more about it than that. However, I think in many ways it sums up perfectly the experience of writing computer software.

Have finally got my Linux box back on-line today after a couple of months of decorating and then moving house. We now have at least one CAT5 cable to every room in the house except the kitchen. This afternoon I spent some time wiring up a patch bay in a utility cupboard and checking everything out with a cable tester.

Being the unashamed geek that I am I think it's quite cool to have wired ethernet to every room and now my Linux box (which has no wireless interface) is taking advantage of it.

I've justs got hold of a NAO from Aldebaran robotics. I'll be using this project to keep track of my progress,

I was 11 years old when Blake's 7 first appeared on British TV and I still remember the buzz it caused. The only competing science fiction shows of the time were Star Trek and Doctor Who and Blake's 7 captured the imagination of a generation. I even remember the headmaster at my junior school using Blakes 7 as an example of something during one assembly (although I can no longer remember the point the headmaster was trying to make).