Tim's tech blog
Welcome! This is my tech blog, my personal feed, and generally home to some of my private ideas, thoughts, rants, etc...
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Windows 8 launched: the PC has evolved (29 October 2012)
Microsoft has launched Windows 8, a new version of the world's most popular operating system. Windows 8 is an evolutionary leap forward in computing. It's revolutionary. The PC has evolved. Windows 8 is much faster, much more convenien ...
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Halo 4 launch (26 September 2012)
Halo 4 launching soon... I had the great privilage of being one of the first gamers on the planet to play Halo 4 -- today! I was invited to an exclusive preview of Halo 4 today, at the exclusive official celebrity preview event in London&n ...
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Family holiday: USA 2012 (24 July 2012)
I spent three weeks on holiday in the USA in March with the missus (Alex) and the bambino (William, age almost 2 years). It was an amazing experience which seems worthy of a blog post. Photos SkyDrive gallery: everything from my ...
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I just sold WorkFinders, one of the first websites I ever built (28 June 2012)
Today I sold one of the first websites I ever built -- a jobs board called WorkFinders at www.workfinders.net. From today, the domain and website are under new ownership. :'( WorkFinders was one of the very first database-driven websites I ...
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My new work PC (22 June 2012)
The whole team here in the office at Conde Nast Digital in London got upgraded to new high-spec dev PCs this week. It's the best work PC I've ever had (adjusting for improvements in hardware over time) and seems worthy of a blog ...
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