Magic and the art of business travel

Magic and the art of business travel

I do not believe in magic. I contend that everything has a rational explanation and, if science has not yet…

Video blog – The Embedded Way: language standards and extensions

Video blog – The Embedded Way: language standards and extensions

My latest video blog, where I discuss language standardization and use of language extensions, has just been published and may…

Marketing fail

Marketing fail

We are all subjected to marketing – all day every day. According to a book that I just read [The…

Another embedded software article: Endianness

Another embedded software article: Endianness

Yet another in my series of article at embedded.com has been published: Endianness For most programmers, details of computer architecture…

Return to the Repair Café

Return to the Repair Café

A while ago, I wrote about an interesting organization with which I was becoming involved: the Repair Café. Now I…

An embedded software article: The simplest possible UI

An embedded software article: The simplest possible UI

My latest embedded.com article has been published: The simplest possible UI It is very easy to think that all embedded…

5:2 – some conclusions

5:2 – some conclusions

A bit over a year ago, I decided to experiment with the “5:2” Way Of Eating and I wrote about…

Coding the weather and meeting a Dalek – BBC Make It Digital

Coding the weather and meeting a Dalek – BBC Make It Digital

A couple of weeks back I spent the entire weekend working with embedded systems. Having got to the attention my…

6 of the best: kitchen equipment

6 of the best: kitchen equipment

In this edition of my occasional series of posts, in which I look at some of my favourite stuff, I…