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Most people with a job that involves computers inevitably have a second, unpaid gig as first-line technical support for their family, and I am no exception. So it was that today I found myself investigating why my mum’s laptop, an Acer Aspire, had recently begun to run very slowly. Eventually I tracked the problem down […]

In the encroaching era of internet-dominated content, it’s possible to become slightly despondent about the future of professional quality filmed journalism and documentaries. When traditional television channels have disappeared, will the so-called “new media” have the money and necessary skills to produce material of the same quality as the old-guard, or do we face an […]

I recently decided to spend some time learning basic games programming using web technologies. I have started off as simply as possible, by cloning Pong. The source code for what I produced is available on Github, and you can play the game as it stands here. It’s for two human players, the left bat controls […]