Tony is a Geek

 In continuing with my love / obsession with all things technical and laptops / palmtop related, I managed to get my hands on an IBM z50. "What is that?", I hear you say... well, it is a very rare device that IBM made for 1 year. ...and YES, it can run Linux if you want it to :-) As it states in the above website :  https://www.hpcfactor.com/reviews/hardware/ibm/workpad-z50/ This is a bit of an oddity, as it's not really a laptop and it's not really a palmtop and it is not really a PDA, but it runs Windows CE. Now, I used to write code / apps for Windows CE, back in the early days 2000-2008 for a huge variety of customers and I still have CD-roms full of PDA specific software, I even still have an Embedded C++ for Windows CE cd-rom in a drawer about 4 foot behind me.  Actually, I wonder if I should install that onto my Elonex P1 PC, just for some amusement and write an app or two. Well, as I say, I managed to acquire one of these devices and it is in REALLY good condi...

 Vodafone and TOBi chat bot https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-56969347 Interesting headline at the top of the article....somewhat slightly mis-leading, but hey-ho Google... Took me back a bit though, not in shock, in time! Although I do very much like the fact that the reporter / Vodafone were honest and did explain that IBM Watson invented TOBi chatbot back in 2017 - I thank you very much, I will accept this and will take a bow..... Yes, I very much helped to make that a reality and then moved on.... That's what FOAK projects are for.... (First Of A Kind), you do something new, lay the foundations and then move on and then others come along and take it further... Hmmm... 2017, that seems soooooo long ago now.