I had the strangest dream last night. You know how they're generally the most weird and, in some cases, impossible situations or actions. So I dreamed I was working in a big open-plan office with a load

When we first moved into our house, within a few days, we discovered that the next-door neighbours were druggies! Unfortunately, in the UK, we do not have a disclosure law like some countries have, whereby

I'd noticed my vision was getting bad. I only wear glasses for reading, however, now I have to wear them for driving too. Apparently, I'm long-sighted, which seems weird when you have to hold a newspaper.

I had a text from an unrecognised mobile number yesterday, and my Spidey senses immediately went on the alert. Now, dear reader, you need to be careful in these circumstances; definitely do not give anything

So a customer of mine reported a faulty laptop. Very strange behaviour; it looked like a 1980s disco with lights flashing all over the place even when the battery was disconnected and no power supply plugged

So I'm an ESET Anti-Virus Silver Partner. Last week they sent me a spreadsheet of around thirty customers who were oversubscribed. Now there's a multitude of ways this could have happened; it could be

I work in IT, and yet mobile phones confuse the hell out of me. It's like the dark arts designed to hide pricing, service and, in some cases, functions behind smoke and mirrors so that the end user never

A month or so ago, a dartboard appeared at work. This was in response to music that was being played at four hundred decibels with the outrageous excuse of, "It's boring!" not only does the mind

... nity. They really don't like Crypto. 🤣 image is a screenshot taken from Mastodon

source - Star Trek "First Contact" We've tried great leaders and dictators; we've had inspired statesmen and women. Wars have taught us nothing. It seems the only hope we have is another lifeform out there

Charlie is hard at it with his nose to the grindstone. Essex legs!

I just knew it was going to be: One of THOSE days today. 😞 Customer: "Nobody from HP has been out to us!" Me: "That's because you haven't said what you would like to do." Customer:

"Hive is decentralised! Plus, you get rewarded for your work!" What do folk mean by decentralised? Advocates of Hive on Twitter etc., when extolling the virtues of the supposed new wonderland,

I have a customer who employed a guy I've known for over ten years, let's call him Doug, as their IT manager. Let's say he's one of those people you meet in life who could fall in a cesspit and climb out

The wife works nights, continental shifts. Three on, three off. This means that on weekdays I need to cook our dinner at an ungodly hour of the morning so that: The wife can spend a bit longer in bed and

image source For the last four days, I've not had any physical money on me. Now, this is 2023, and I firmly believe we are hurtling towards an electronic payments-only society anyway, so in theory, it

I like buying my Sunday meat joint from the high street butcher. I know it's more expensive but: I'm supporting local businesses. I like the experience. Another reason is they let Charlie come into the

Wife: "I can't turn my phone on!" Me: "Is it charged up?" Wife "It was working last night; I USED IT!" The wife plugs her phone into the charger. Me: "What's it saying?"

𝘈𝘊𝘛: 1 𝘚𝘊𝘌𝘕𝘌: 1 𝘓𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘚𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝗠𝗲: "Oh, shit! It's my brother's birthday today!" 𝗪𝗶𝗳𝗲: "How's that happened?" 𝗠𝗲: "Dunno? My phone is showing it as an all-day

source I've been playing with GPT-4 for the last few days. "What is GPT?" GPT stands for Generative Pre-trained Transformer, a natural language processing model developed by OpenAI. GPT models are designed