Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Bank Holiday. Still time for a gossip with a pal, though, who informs me that the Motorola-based Iridium global satellite system has hit a few problems.
Rupert's Diary
Starting in 1996, before 'blog' was even a word, Rupert Goodwins has been writing dyspeptic, dramatic, disbelieving or delighted descriptions of daily life in IT journalism. Rupert's Diary is that collection, and will be updated until there are no more silly or splendid things happening in the world of digital technology - or the Rapture, whichever happens first. The smart money's on the Rapture.
Rupert Goodwins
Rupert started off as a nerdy lad expecting to be an electronics engineer, but having tried it for a while discovered that journalism was more fun. He ended up on PC Magazine in the early '90s, before that evolved into ZDNet UK - and Rupert evolved with them into an online journalist.
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Rupert Goodwins' Diary
A press release appears on my desk. This is about a new Microsoft initiative for broadcasting Internet information to the home alongside the normal TV signal.
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Last day of the hols. Swiz. Before I take my leave of the bucolic paradise on the edge of Plymouth where I've been catching the sun, I have another go at fixing my father's PC.
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
(Editor's Note: Due to nothing very much of interest happening in the computer industry this week, we are running a previously unpublished extract...
Rupert Goodwins' Weekend Diary
Get back to work after being rather ill last week (opinion is divided between the Camden Town Chicken Samosa infection route being the cause of my gastric distress, and the North London Water Poisoning Company) to find a new USR Pilot waiting for me! Hurrah!
Rupert Goodwins' Weekend Diary
Now here's a funny thing. While browsing through some American magazines, I spot that there's an American company called Monorail.
Rupert Goodwins' Weekend Diary
Three small flaws: one, the link software doesn't seem to work. I spend an hour getting COMMS ERROR messages from the watch, which is supposed to pick up data from flashing bars on the monitor.
Rupert Goodwins' Diary (or, A Week With Bill)
One likes to have one's routine in the morning: get up, put kettle on, wash, grab email, leave for office. Not today.
Rupert Goodwins' Weekend Diary
Oy! This cannot go on. A notable Unix workstation company (servers too) sends me a press release telling me how much it'd like to see me and my pals at the launch of some new products.