Category Archives: Technology

Capital Punishment: British Style

Posted on September 15, 2015 by odeboyz

              “And the executioner’s face is always well hidden.” (Bob Dylan A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall) (Chris)

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A World at my fingertips

Posted on June 30, 2015 by odeboyz

My fingers reach across the world On a key pad silently sat Beneath a screen of silent scenes Where words might yet, write my dreams. A font of knowledge, a research tool A toy of such delight It’s circuits work … Continue reading →

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Micro-Brewing

Posted on June 9, 2015 by odeboyz

“We were trying to come up with a new beer,” Brett Joyce of the Rogues Ales craft brewery told reporters in Newport Oregon, “using a different type of yeast. We tried to harvest new yeast strains from the hops in … Continue reading →

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Making my world better

Posted on February 10, 2015 by odeboyz

Blind people are no more They Have electronic implants And Disabled people are no more They Have engineered limbs and organs So They’re normal (that’s a relief) Smart meters warm my house cosily And My smart fridge knows what I should … Continue reading →

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The Generations

Posted on February 7, 2015 by odeboyz

When I was little I thought my Dad knew absolutely everything about everything. He thought nothing of stripping down the starter motor on our old car to replace the carbon brushes – to mending our shoes. He even replaced broken … Continue reading →

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Disruptive Technology and the Fourth Industrial Revolution

Posted on October 31, 2014 by odeboyz

An ultra- modern householder in 1914 probably purchased recently invented gadgets powered by electricity like toasters, vacuum cleaners, ovens and telephones. These, and subsequent, inventions are the disruptive technology of our era. For example by 1954, 1.75 million domestic servant … Continue reading →

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Stanton and Staveley.

Posted on October 23, 2014 by odeboyz

Not a name that jumps out at you but in the sixties I was a snotty nosed plumbers apprentice sent to work on a building site at “The Barbican” in the centre of London. Apparently  Haden’s (the company I was … Continue reading →

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Technology I Hate

Posted on October 10, 2014 by odeboyz

Me, Irascible! I have disliked the bloody machine ever since it was squeezed into our kitchen. It sits malevolent in its innocent white drop down door. It was instant abhorrence since the day Jan took my empty plate (without letting … Continue reading →

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My Designer Head

Posted on April 22, 2014 by odeboyz

My Rasta multi- coloured wig Makes a big statement. Setting off the new me. My engineers sculpted my face: A chin modelled on Michael Douglas and wide- spaced eyes like Ghenghis Khan’s, complete with an Imperial Roman nose. Genius chemists, … Continue reading →

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Gambling on the Stock Market

Posted on December 6, 2013 by odeboyz

The valuation of shares is based on four criteria. They are (1) historic performance, (2) current management perofrmance, (3) future prospects, and finally peer group opinion. Henry Ford famously said, “History is bunk.” This disposes of (1). Why is this … Continue reading →

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