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Three things about me
July 7th, 2009 by Roger Darlington
Adapted from an e-mail circular doing the rounds …. Three names I go by 1. Roger 2. Rog (my brother and sister) 3. Rogiček (my Czech ‘family’) Three jobs I have had in my life 1. Research Assistant in the House of Commons 2. Special Adviser to a Cabinet Minister 3. Head of Research for […]
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Jam for lunch
July 5th, 2009 by Roger Darlington
Today Vee and I made one of our regular visits to Oxford to see our Chinese ‘family’: Zhihao, Hua and their two-year old son Joshua. Little Josh just gets cuter every time we see him. A couple of days ago, it was Zhihao’s 35th birthday so we took the family out for a celebratory meal. […]
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My web site is 10 years old
July 2nd, 2009 by Roger Darlington
I suppose that, like most non-technical people, I first became aware of the Internet around 1995 when world-wide the number connected to the network doubled. Besides e-mail, for me the great benefit of the Internet was the Web (I’ve never been interested in social networks, newsgroups or gaming). The more I used the Web, the […]
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Am I a white supremacist?
June 26th, 2009 by Roger Darlington
I’ve just had a text message from a British friend who is currently working in the United States. He told that he was in the lobby of a hotel in Connecticut where ‘SiteCoach’ would not allow him to access my web site on the grounds of ‘white supremacy’. Check out whether you think I’m that […]
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It’s my birthday (again)
June 25th, 2009 by Roger Darlington
Today’s my birthday. This is surprising to me because I’m sure that I had one last year – but they seem to keep coming. As my wife says, it’s better than the alternative. Last year, it was a special birthday; this year, it’s a routine one (I’m 61). In fact, so routine was it that […]
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The PILL pilot trial (5)
June 24th, 2009 by Roger Darlington
For 12 weeks now, I’ve been taking a “polypill” each day as part of an international pilot trial for the treatment of people at raised risk of cardiovascular disease such as as heart attack or stroke. So this morning, I made my fifth and final visit to the International Centre for Circulatory Health at St […]
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All change in Manchester
June 24th, 2009 by Roger Darlington
In the early part of this week, I visited Manchester to speak at a conference on next generation broadband. Now I was brought up in Manchester and went to school and university there, so it’s always a pleasure to return to the city which has undergone enormous redevelopment since I left in 1971. Also I […]
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My ever-smarter iPhone
June 21st, 2009 by Roger Darlington
I bought an iPhone within days of its release in the UK as I blogged here and, in no time at all, I was enthusing about its wonderful features here. However, it’s only recently that I’ve started to use the e-mail facilities and to download applications. Now along comes version 3.0 of the Operating System […]
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Ten days that shook my world (5)
June 20th, 2009 by Roger Darlington
Regular readers of NightHawk will know about my recent loss of connection problems with my Internet service provider Pipex, but you can remind yourself here. Once I obtained my Net connection back again, I lodged an immediate and detailed complaint with Pipex. I was not satisfied with the response so I took the matter to […]
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What is your Myers-Briggs classification?
June 5th, 2009 by Roger Darlington
People sometimes ask me what classification I obtained from the Myers-Briggs personality test. The test assigns people to one of 16 personality types. Now I recall doing the test on a training course many years ago but I’d long forgotten the result. However, this week I was sorting out some old papers to make some […]
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