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We all love our electronic techie toys, be they, phones, PCs, labour saving gadgets, TVs and so on. Especially now that these sorts of commodities […]

Some time ago, I wrote about a chap called Mr. Strowger, inventor of the automatic telephone exchange. He set the way to enable us to

The nicer side of my working life is repairing vintage guitar amplifiers, for two reasons I guess. One, I like repairing equipment for people that

The NHS RansomWare virus Well, what the hell was that all about? We recently saw how the NHS and many other companies and computer users

The TV Remote Control   Well, I have written about many interesting developments and engineers relating to the electronics industry, but this article is about

Just for light relief, I have started writing down classic “What customers say” The below is all true.I am not sure if the Spanish sun

A simple thing as plugging the telly into the mains socket is a given to most of us. But, what goes on behind getting the

Last month, I wrote about Gordon Welchman. Unsung, and who was instrumental for some of the most incredible code breaking work at Bletchley Park during

Anyone who reads my ramblings knows that I admire engineers who made a big difference to our lives, yet seem to have never made the

Last month we had a little focus on how vinyl records have been making a come-back. I said I would follow up with how vinyl

I have written about early recording techniques and 78 RPM records etc. The early ‘80s saw the CD being introduced and we all watched Tomorrow’s