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tech
Electronic/digital stuff that I like a lot. Whaddya mean nerdy?
 
Me & My Network
Repairing, souping-up and generally tinkering with computers gives me endless amounts of pleasure. Over the years I have amassed a tasty collection of classic machines, some of which (i.e. the more modern ones) are connected to each other. Some aren't, but are interesting in themselves to those of the appropriate disposition. You can read about them here. If you want.
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Java
The fourth-generation object-oriented programming language for the internet era offering support for virtually all industry-standard technologies from Oracle™databases and UML to PDAs, mp3 files and web-enabled virtual reality
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Relational Databases & SQL
Sophisticated technologies for storing, managing, querying, analysing and archiving data form the skeleton of the internet. Without databases online shopping, banking and most large websites simply wouldn't happen.
Even NASA use them for mission-critical applications ...
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Linux™
A free clone of the UNIX operating system. Linux is charming, immensely powerful, fully tweakable and is rapidly becoming a serious contender to Micros**t in the OS wars.
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Virtual Reality
 As the power of hardware continues to increase at a phenomenal rate, the virtual reality concept has moved from the realm of science fiction to become an everyday reality in our networked world...
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The Internet
 Internet enabling technologies suddenly came of age and now deliver information and true computing power across the wire. Hypertext, dynamic multimedia content, sophisticated client-side scripting languages...
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Apple Macintosh
With the arrival of OS X last year the world at large finally started realising the technological brilliance of the Macintosh...
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Some German boffins have coded a perfect emulation of an old Apple Macintosh SE computer in Flash!. If (like the Author) you spent waaay too much money on something like this back in the day, you may find a web-based version of £1000+ computer disconcerting. To say the least. You can boot one by clicking here should you want to put yourself through it.
 
MyProjects
Some projects I've been working on over the last few years, including details of how this site is constructed...
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some non-technical information about me and these pages man-made artifacts we can argue for hours about In an ideal world, this would link to topical stuff. Most of the tripe heres is at least six months old. -Ed. Sites I like, or approve of
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