David Rickard

Opinionated. IT in HE. Retro tech and rail nerd. Views all mine not my employer's. E&OE. 🇪🇺🇬🇧

[Steven Swinford @Steven_Swinford]

EXCLUSIVE:

Rishi Sunak is poised to announce minimum strike legislation as soon as tomorrow

It will enable employers to sue unions and sack employees if they refuse to accept

Hearing six sectors covered - NHS, schools, rail, borders, fire, nuclear

https://t.co/PhxiKNyHwz

[David Rickard @KingDaveRa]

Very worthwhile petition. Amazon is full of very unsafe electrical items (likewise eBay), and whilst they might provide interesting fodder for Big Clive to tear apart on YouTube, they are often purchased by unwitting people thinking they're safe.

https://t.co/zF5WPL2w4e

[David Rickard @KingDaveRa]

@wowstartsnow Awesome, thanks! To eBay with me :D

[David Rickard @KingDaveRa]

@wowstartsnow Book ordered. :D

Any other good similar books? I like computer industry history books, especially first-hand accounts.

[David Rickard @KingDaveRa]

@MrTimDunn @nickdunn They do look like wobbly bobbly squiggly jiggly dogs.

[David Rickard @KingDaveRa]

More proof (if proof were needed) that Amazon give zero shit about you and your family's safety. There's no way these obvious choke hazards are suitable for a child under 3.

[David Rickard @KingDaveRa]

@CameronYardeJnr @DuncanNewmarch @russty_russ @BBCOne I seem to recall a lot of films being dubbed back in the early 90s at least. ITV did it quite a lot.

[David Rickard @KingDaveRa]

@DuncanNewmarch @russty_russ @BBCOne I miss the poorly dubbed movies of my youth. First time I saw National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, it was on mid afternoon on ITV. I watched that tape for years. Until I watched it late one night and realised how edited it was 😄

[David Rickard @KingDaveRa]

Bit of a typo in Windows 10 (cc @JenMsft )

[David Rickard @KingDaveRa]

@mumoss Orgazmo Gismo.

*Pop*

[DosFox 🐀 @DosFox1]

Ok so MacFlim audio technically works with the Macintosh 512k, except I forgot one thing.

The only way I have to add storage to the 512k is a floppy emu in HD20 mode. The floppy port REALLY isn't quick enough to keep up.

[Isik Mater @isik5]

Many parts of #Maryland have lost power and internet connectivity after a small plane crashed into an electricity pylon; photos via Montgomery County Fire & Rescue Service spox @mcfrsPIO, telemetry data via @netblocks

[BBC Archive @BBCArchive]

"Climbing up a ladder in the pouring rain can be a bit too John Noakes for some people."

How to replace a broken window, with Richard Stillgoe, broadcast #OTD in 1977.

[CWU @CWUnews]

WE NEED EVERY SINGLE FOLLOWER TO RT THIS

We have spotted something during Simon Thompson’s car crash interview on the BBC this morning.

Having zoomed in, someone is in the room writing answers on a board for him.

Pack your bags, Thompson. It’s time to go.

#StandByYourPost

[David Rickard @KingDaveRa]

Publisher died due to a mix-up with the upgrade path, AND a weird bug we were hitting and couldn't patch. So we had to do the old two step upgrade instead.

Fun, fun, fun.

[David Rickard @KingDaveRa]

A colleague, a consultant, and I have spent the entire weekend upgrading Callmanager and UCCX. Highlights included corrupting the CCM publisher and having to restore it, multiple tweaks to VMs to make things upgrade, and watching so many progress messages.

[David Rickard @KingDaveRa]

You can save money and energy by changing a single setting on your combi boiler. It takes just five minutes #BoilerChallenge https://t.co/5bKlVfAFFQ

[David Rickard @KingDaveRa]

@CarlShillitoUK Ohh, so we'll get to see freight through Aylesbury again? Good to see anyway.

[David Rickard @KingDaveRa]

@BeingJarley