the historian
- Apr 14, 2017
The Notched Bone Computing Device
Just discovered a good article on the history of computing devices from notched bones (yes really) onwards. Well worth reading.
the historian
- Apr 10, 2017
Aristotle Paves The Way For Computer Logic
See this fantastic article in The Atlantic Monthly that describes how logic was first invented by Aristotle and then driven forward in...
Trend spotter
- Mar 25, 2017
Top 10 Programming Languages?
What are the 'Top 10' programming languages? Top 10 lists frequently appear based on ...... who knows what research? But the core set of...
Trend spotter
- Mar 16, 2017
The Ethernet is back, in your car!
WiFi just won't cut it to handle the sensors in your car so Ethernet is back. Just when you thought it was on the way out!
OLTP Head
- Mar 13, 2017
The blockchain world continues to contract
The latest word on the bitcoin transaction rate limit is that it's now reached 6 transactions a second. Wow! That certainly helps define...
the spanitis blogger
- Feb 7, 2017
Legacy systems are problems for boards not geeks
The FT recently published an article headed "Legacy systems are problems for boards not geeks" which made the often forgotten point that...