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Cyber Security Conference in London

I have spent the day at a cyber security conference in London. Excellent speakers and a great lunch.

Liverpool Street​ London at night
Liverpool Street

…and from the conference.

John O’Mahony on cyber security
John O’Mahony

John is going to be giving a webinar for our clients, that realise that cyber security is something they need to take seriously – probably in the New Year – watch Smart Thinking for details.

Defence in Depth

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A work day in Bournemouth

After three days of being a tourist, today I have to work. For the morning rather than work in the hotel room I found a coffee shop which also had bacon rolls and would let me sit there for a couple of hours.

Coffee book shop

When the laptop battery ran down I had a wall around the town then headed back to the hotel to carry on working.

Grey squirrel in Bournemouth Lower Gardens
Jurassic Coast​
Jurassic Coast
Bournemouth Lower Gardens
Bournemouth Lower Gardens

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Business photo

I had a two part article published today on Octagon Technology and Smart Thinking Solutions about upcycling old technology and the cyber security implications of doing so:

Linux for Business (Part I) – Octagon Technology

Linux for Business (Part II) – Smart Thinking Solutions

I needed a photo of the machine we installed Linux Mint on – this is it. There was not much I could do about the mirrored screen, except include these flowers in it rather than a view of the office.

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My desk today

Octagon Technology working from anywhere
Working from anywhere

This is a photograph for the company social media and day 2 of the Guardians of the Galaxy Lego advent calendar.

The photo is going to be used to promote Octagon’s Christmas competition – there are prizes…

Show us your Christmas – Octagon Technology

Today’s Lego was presents for yesterday’s Peter Quill – headphones in a Christmas box and a Walkman with a cassette tape. Here is a better photograph.

Day 2 of the Guardian’s of the Galaxy Lego advent calendar. Headphones a Walkman with optional speakers

Further Reading

Speaking of cassette tape here is something I wrote for Octagon about data storage…

Regrets from 1983

…and the post shown in the first photograph.

“J.A.R.V.I.S., make a note. Remind me not to wake up in the morning ever again.”

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