Comments on: Where can we go that’s warm?

By: Ragged Clown

Ragged Clown — Sun, 15 Dec 2024 22:34:16 +0000

In reply to Andrew Fletcher. That's brilliant, Andy. I wish your son the very best of luck! Matt stayed at IBM too… until a few weeks ago!

By: Andrew Fletcher

Andrew Fletcher — Sun, 15 Dec 2024 15:35:21 +0000

Those were fun years at AlphaBlox. Unlike you, I did remain for the IBM acquisition. Apart from being able to get some cash for the otherwise worthless AlphaBlox shares, the 3 years I spent at IBM were probably the most boring of my working life. Stuck behind blue tape which stifled all innovation, you would have been bored out of your mind! Now I’m back in England working for, while not a startup, a small company trying to grow at English pace rather than Silicon Valley boom and bust pace. On the other hand our eldest, having got his Computer Science degree is now about to go back to the valley and embark on a similar journey to the one we had 30 years ago.

By: Ragged Clown

Ragged Clown — Sat, 14 Dec 2024 00:36:54 +0000

In reply to Dianne Pagani. Next chapter is coming soon, Dianne!

By: Dianne Pagani

Dianne Pagani — Fri, 13 Dec 2024 22:48:04 +0000

You are one humble guy. All these years I’ve known you as a computer guy. Never knew you did such ground breaking stuff! Really cool to read Kev and I look forward to the next chapter

By: Claire ATX

Claire ATX — Thu, 12 Dec 2024 13:12:32 +0000

In reply to Ragged Clown. Thanks

By: Ragged Clown

Ragged Clown — Thu, 12 Dec 2024 09:37:38 +0000

In reply to Ragged Clown. London, for example, had a circle drawn around it in the 1950s and they are not allowed to build outside that circle. The area outside is called the green belt. A lot of English cities have a similar limit.

By: Claire ATX

Claire ATX — Thu, 12 Dec 2024 08:27:26 +0000

In reply to Claire ATX. Please explain about the limits placed on the size of English cities.

By: Claire ATX

Claire ATX — Wed, 11 Dec 2024 14:56:34 +0000

In reply to Ragged Clown. you made my day

By: Ragged Clown

Ragged Clown — Wed, 11 Dec 2024 14:42:01 +0000

In reply to Ragged Clown. I love them, Claire.

By: Claire ATX

Claire ATX — Wed, 11 Dec 2024 14:24:29 +0000

In reply to Ragged Clown.

You are right! When I left Dallas-Fort Worth 12 years ago, the metroplex was about 120 miles east to west and 75 miles north to south. Oppressive

Austin has an aquifer under it. So 30 years ago there was a big political battle. Now there are recharge zones, that is, creek beds and their watersheds which are protected from development. So there is maybe 30,000 acres of parkland in the City. Right downtown is a long trail along a big lake that provides escape from urban life.

But it is still not the beauty and intimacy of English countrysides and villages.

Hope you don’t mind these off-topic comments. If you do, let me know