The Future Isn’t Evenly Distributed

A model data centre that also includes a 2000s-era Compaq PC running NMS Formmail

“The future is already here — it’s just not evenly distributed.”— William Gibson I was reminded of that quote this week when I received a support request for a Perl CGI script I helped write about twenty-five years ago. If you’re a software developer, your immediate reaction is probably the same as mine was. “A […]

Code Archaeology

Long-time readers will have seen some older posts where I criticised Perl code that I’ve found in various places on the web. I thought it was about time that I admitted to some of the dodgier corners of my programming career. You may know that one of my hobbies is genealogy. You might also know […]