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[NickFitz]

I've found Zeity's next computer: The ZX Spectrum Laptop.

Although the Beeb doesn't require such upgrades...

[NickFitz]

Inspired by a post from the other evening, I've just ordered a chinese.

I knew you'd all be thrilled.

To paraphrase BT's late-90s advertising campaign for www.isdn.bt.com: History is History with TPD

[NickFitz]

To paraphrase BT's late-90s advertising campaign for www.isdn.bt.com: History is History with TPD

I seem to have a few minutes before the Shipping Forecast, so I'll explain that somewhat arcane post.

In late 1996 - early 1997 I created the online ordering system for BT's ISDN lines - BT had no online strategy at the time, so a forward-looking chap in Marketing had the bright idea of selling ISDN lines on the web and sub-contracted it to the company I'd just joined as a permy for this very project, and it proved to be very successful.

When, later in 1997, BT wanted the online ordering system updated, the company had relocated to Aberdeen, and I had declined the opportunity of going there with them, preferring redundancy. BT being keen for more, the company called me and offered to take me back on, working from home on their Internet projects. However, I had to fly up to Aberdeen for a few days to kick things off. They put me up in the cheapest B&B they could find, the nearest pub to which was located at this junction.

On the first night, as I stood waiting to cross the road back from the pub, I looked across at the billboard whose shadow you can see next to the end-of-terrace. It bore a BT poster: a map of the World, with "Geography is History with ISDN" written across it, and "www.isdn.bt.com" in the footer. And I thought to myself, if geography is history with ISDN, why the fsck did I have to fly to Aberdeen to stand in the freezing rain waiting to cross the road, just for the sake of updating some stuff on www.isdn.bt.com

Still, that was one of the very first advertising campaigns in the UK to include a URL: and it was the URL of a site I worked on, so that was cool

[HeliCraig]

Good morning peeps....

It will shortly be 09:09 on 09/09/09. Happy thoughts.

[zeitghost]

Morning all...

[zeitghost]

Who was shot in the film "The Blue Lamp" by that nice Dirke Bogarte chappie before he became a Doctor... or died in Venice with Charlotte Rampling or something...

Then came back to life as a TV copper later in the 50s...

It lasted all the way through to 1976 or so... by which time Jack Warner, Sgt Dixon by then, was in his 80s...

It survived Z Cars and The Sweeney... surreal.

[DS23]

Good, just checking

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[DS23]

morning!

[HeliCraig]

It will shortly be 09:09 on 09/09/09. Happy thoughts.

Well... still here.

Idiot on local radio suggested perhaps the world would end at 9:09 tonight instead. Perhaps someone should explain the fact that grown ups use the 24 hours clock?

[DS23]

ok own up. who put the cyberman message on that zx spectrun link?