Bill Bennett

Although I suspect Andrew might have more interested if there was still a torture chamber.

Technology product reviews: Science and anecdotes: https://billbennett.micro.blog/2026/02/20/technology-product-reviews-science-and.html

Is there spare room in the Tower of London?

Text editors are the productivity tool most writers ignore: https://billbennett.micro.blog/2026/02/20/text-editors-are-the-productivity.html

Crossing the chasm: How tech products succeed: https://billbennett.micro.blog/2026/02/20/crossing-the-chasm-how-tech.html

Death of Microsoft Reader shows pitfalls of proprietary eBook formats: https://billbennett.micro.blog/2026/02/20/death-of-microsoft-reader-shows.html

Okay, this is quite outstanding from Bedford Council.

Is now a good time to bring up the New Zealand should be a republic debate?

Spark growth takes backward step to improve profit

Spark growth takes backward step to improve profit: https://billbennett.co.nz/spark-h1-fy26-results-profit-growth/

Yes. That should be another blog post.

Why I'm not a technology early adopter: https://billbennett.micro.blog/2026/02/19/why-im-not-a-technology.html

My books listed on Google Books: https://billbennett.micro.blog/2026/02/19/my-books-listed-on-google.html

Kiwibank wastes $90 million on software: https://billbennett.micro.blog/2026/02/18/kiwibank-wastes-million-on-software.html

NZ game developers export photons not atoms: https://billbennett.micro.blog/2026/02/18/nz-game-developers-export-photons.html

Why New Zealand's export games industry needs help: https://billbennett.micro.blog/2026/02/18/why-new-zealands-export-games.html

Remembering the Camputers Lynx: https://billbennett.micro.blog/2026/02/18/remembering-the-camputers-lynx.html

Open source: Why you should care: https://billbennett.micro.blog/2026/02/18/open-source-why-you-should.html

Gartner Predicts That by 2028 Misconfigured AI Will Shut Down National Critical Infrastructure in a G20 Country Gartner says safe override mode in AI systems supporting national critical infrastructure is essential to ensure ultimate human control. Read more here. #GartnerIT #AI #CPS

Oh joy...

www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/...

i once had a job fixing electromechanical calculating machines found in cobwebbed offices in unfashionable parts of the City of London, literally was employed in the role because they could find no-one else who could do it.

The correct spelling of Fanshaw Street should be Featherstonhaugh.

I’m not kidding.

Climate change. You’re standing in it.

They lie.

Ha. I graduated in 1981 and was taken on by ICL to work on developing mainframe hardware but was made redundant before I started because of the deal with Futjitsu, got a cheque for a month's pay. In 86 I was the comms person for UK space science and high energy physics based at RAL.

Joint European Torus - Clearly that's not the place that offered you a job ;)

RAL or JET?

Windows 11 is beyond annoying: https://billbennett.micro.blog/2026/02/18/windows-is-beyond-annoying.html

Sometimes free is too high a price: https://billbennett.micro.blog/2026/02/18/sometimes-free-is-too-high.html

Why you should have your own website: https://billbennett.micro.blog/2026/02/18/why-you-should-have-your.html

When I worked at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in the 80s we were told the nearby Joint European Torus was three years from the fusion breakthrough. I left that job in 1987.

Why you need your own domain name: https://billbennett.micro.blog/2026/02/17/why-you-need-your-own.html