Published Documents
Computers
Download: Bespoke computers spreadsheet calculator
(Excel 5.0 format,zipped 120Kilobytes)
- A price list compiled from UK magazines
and quotes from UK suppliers. By filling in the quantity
(e.g. 2 for 2x16Mb RAM) the total cost of selection is
calculated for you. Several samples are pre-defined
including home computer, office system, developers system
and for full multi-media development. The list also
contains prices since April 1995.
- Inclusion of colour Laser printers and
many more components since October 1999.
- Last updated 9th August 2000
- If there is interest in the continued update of this please contact me.
Download: Comparison report on Windows NT 3.51/4.0 and Windows 95
(Word 6.0 format, 25Kb)
- Some comments, comparison chart and
details on Windows 95, NT3.52, NT4.0 and Office 95.
Thoughts on buying a Personal Computer
(March 2000) (Word/Excel 97 format, 185Kb)
- Some thoughts on buying a personal computer with
historical prices and comparisons of prices in March 2000
(partial updated) systems.
Documentation Standards
Document List
The software development cycle is well
known and understood in the computer industry, yet few
companies follow any form of documentation standards or
procedures. Each project is accompanied by a new set of
documents that often miss some important points. The
standards compiled here discuss aspects of design and
development and form the foundation for documents to be
produced for any given project.
Included are documents on configuration
management, quality assurance, proposals, requirement
specifications, design guides for Visual Basic and Access and
many forms for time keeping, meetings, project builds,
budgets, change requests, problem reports, etc.
IR35 - Comparison
IR35.XLS Spreadsheet
- Comparison Between Contracting, Employment and Post April
2000, adjust the expenses and travel and see the
resultant disposable income. (Excel 5.0 format 41Kb - no
macros - updated 9th March 2000)
- Zipped file (11Kbytes)
- Self extracting executable (31Kbytes)
Factors Affecting Contracts & Avoiding
Deemed Employee Status (Word 6/95 document 48Kbytes - 22nd
March 2000) looks at the IR35 Guidelines and the case law
suggested that points to self-employed status.
Telecom
Call charge comparisons
- UK National and International calls
compared from a selection of providers to a selected
number of countries. Last updated 26th October 1998
World-Wide Web
Sightseeing
- Links to interesting sites with details of
what to find there. Under construction, but already with
hundreds of interesting links. Last update 7th September
1998. (110Kb)
- If there is interest in the continued update of this please contact me.
NetSpeak
- Definitions and information on technical
terminology of the Internet and links for further
information. The details have been collected from a
number of sources and are presented in one document so
that an editor or browser can be used to perform basic
searches in one place. This HTML document, is over 1097kb. Last updated 24th June
1999.
- If there is interest in the continued update of this please contact me.
WWW files in zipped file
- You can download a zipped version of these
documents (approximately 422Kb - less than half the size
of the files separately). Last updated 24th June 1999.
Find out what I have recently posted to the Usenet
- Edit the line with your own name and email
address.
Favorite Sites
- Computing, hi-fi, Photography, video,
friend's home pages.
Video, Audio and capture
Article: A discussion on the revolution in digital formats (DAT, DVD, DVC) (htm, 24Kb)
- Random jottings in the margin, some history
and future predictions. More usefully some hot links to
Web sites of the leading players in the digital
revolution.
Babylon 5 UK Program Listings - date and title (ASCII text, 4.81Kb)
Personal
Article: The Trip That Took 18 Years to Achieve - 6 weeks trip around India (htm, 82.5Kb)
- I have been fascinated by Indian culture
from the time that the Beatles went to learn yoga in the
mid-60s but it was not unlike the end of 1989 that I was
able to achieve my ambition and visit India myself.
Article: Eulogy to my mother Ingeborg Grete Luise McMullon nee Bühren (htm, 7Kb)
- With the arrival of our
daughter Yasmin on 5th August 1996, I remembered this
article. I wrote it shortly after my mother died and it
was published in the Grantham Journal when my father shew
it to a journalist.
Humorous
Left-handers - extracts from published articles (htm, 27.9Kb + 35.3Kb graphics)
- After following the newsgroup alt.lefthanders
the same questions and discussions kept cropping up.
There is a 'frequently asked questions' now available on
the Internet but these extracts, taken from the Radio
Times and other publications have not been made available
elsewhere.
Report: The Site Relocation of Pachyderms - advise when moving sites or offices (htm, 5.65Kb)
- In my varied career I have been employed
by several companies, most of which seems to like moving
office or site every couple of years. This is my response
following a spate of quality control documents and
procedures.
Nationhood
to Planethood
Metric and Imperial Units and
converting between them
Selling on eBay - How to Avoid
Fee Erosion
Last updated 5th December 2014