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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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Ten days that shook my world (4)
June 3rd, 2009 by Roger Darlington
I’ve used this blog to give a detailed account of my recent experience with Pipex whereby I lost my Internet connection for 10 days and only had it restored after around 20 calls to the Pipex first line ‘support’ in The Philippines and regular conversations with the second line ‘support’ in India. My attitude to […]
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Back online (again)
May 28th, 2009 by Roger Darlington
Regular visitors to NightHawk will know about my time off-line when I lost my Internet connection and it took about 20 calls to Pipex and 10 days for my connection to be restored. For the next two weeks, things worked like a dream. Then, about mid-day on Tuesday, I lost my connection AGAIN. Either Pipex […]
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An audio guide to London
May 24th, 2009 by Roger Darlington
London is one of my favourite cities and the one where I have lived for the last 38 years as I’ve written on my web site here. I always like to learn more about the numerous sites of the city and my attention has recently been drawn to this audio guide to London.
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