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Tag Archives: technology
The iMac Cometh
Image: Colin Galbraith Yesterday was supposed to have seen the traditional August at the Fringe gathering of The Diners but alas, one or two of them messed up their schedules and it had to be canned. It will be rearranged … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Book Festival, I.T.
Tagged Apple, bloggers, Blogging, Book Festival, Books, Charlotte Square, City of Literature, computers, EdBookFest, Edinburgh Book Festival, Edinburgh: City & Festivals, iMac, Internet, Reading, technology, The Guardian, writers
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Removing Stress through Writing
Image: Stock Corporate Sarcasm No blog post yesterday because I’m pretty sure the last thing you want to be reading about in any detail are the trials and tribulations of my working life at the day job. Corporate I.T. challenges … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Edinburgh, Fiction, I.T., Poetry, Writing
Tagged cappuccino, coffee shop, computers, corporate, Costa Coffee, creative, Day Job, Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh: City & Festivals, Fiction, GDR's, I.T, National Gallery, novel, Poetry, Prince Street, Scott Monument, stress, technology, Waverley Station, Writing
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Out Of Sorts
Image: acsweb I’m struggling to sleep, work has gone berserk, and I feel like a zombie. Other than that life is spiffing. Yesterday’s shift at the day job was always going to be a long one and so it proved. … Continue reading
Technology Trials
Image: the-iis.com I quite enjoyed the day job yesterday. My new ability to retain in almost Buddhist-like calmness, seems to be confusing a few people and it’s interesting to see other’s reactions when I don’t rise or become flustered. I … Continue reading
Had Enough Of Computers
Image: How Stuff Works.com The writing and posting of this blog entry will be my only foray to my PC today. I need to get away from the screen for a few hours after a week doing nothing else but … Continue reading
Not So Tired
Got a good sleep last night and felt 100% better for it this morning. One cup of Douwe Egberts and a cool shower saw me back at the top of the world. As I look over my GDR review for … Continue reading
Freedom from the Mundane 
Back On Track
Image: Paolo Camera PCs and Macs My PC rebuild is now complete. From installation of the new hard drive to being back up and running, the total time it took was only a couple of hours. Not bad. I’m now … Continue reading →