Back to space this week for Because It’s Friday. Over the 32 years in space the NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has taken over 1.5m observations. Someone has to choose the best. Watch Dr Ken Carpenter get excited over this amazing image of the Carina Nebula. The image at the top …
Today is Ada Lovelace’s Birthday
Ada Lovelace was born, today in 1815 and her contributions to technology, computing and coding are still recognised today. Ada is celebrated each year on the second Tuesday of October with Ada Lovelace Day. The day was founded in the United Kingdom in 2009 by Suw Charman-Anderson on the second …
I was wrong – there is a “good news” Twitter story – three of them
Zoe Kleinman the Technology editor over at BBC Tech News has interviewed three women for whom Twitter has been a positive force in their lives. One found love, and one turned a passion into a business and the other started a campaign: Twitter: Romance, business and campaigns born on the …
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Because It’s Friday – Happy International Coffee Day
Let me be the first to wish you a Happy International Coffee Day, for tomorrow. It’s a real thing, I have not dreamed it: International Coffee Day – Wikipedia Here is why coffee always generates good ideas and the solution to many an IT or cyber security job: Wally’s Coffee …
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Ada Lovelace – #BeCyberSmart
A look back at one of the innovators of computing and with a stretch an original enabler of modern day hackers! (As Clive says we cannot always be serious here!) Ada Lovelace was born Augusta Ada Byron, the daughter of Lord Byron the poet. Her parents’ marriage was short-lived and …