Quick thinking and an explanation for everything – key CTO qualities
Who, Me?You thought that presentation would be dull as styrofoam flavoured water when...
19 Oct 2020
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Excel is for amateurs. To properly screw things up, those same amateurs need a copy of Access
Who, Me?Beware the wrong tool in the wrong hands
12 Oct 2020
A decades-old lesson on not inserting Excel where it doesn't belong
Who, Me?A Register reader's sense of déjà vu triggers a bonus column
07 Oct 2020
Big IQ play from IT outsourcer: Can't create batch files if you can't save files. Of any kind
Who, Me?Be careful what you wish for
05 Oct 2020
Inflated figures and customers who were never there. Just another data migration then
Who, Me?Well, this is awkward
28 Sep 2020
We don't need maintenance this often, surely? Pull it. Oh dear, the system's down
Who, Me?You've been visited by the Don Corleone of code
21 Sep 2020
Typical '80s IT: Good idea leads to additional duties, without extra training or pay, and a nuked payroll system
Who, Me?We know it is a bore, but check your backup and restore
14 Sep 2020
Competitive techies almost bring distributed disaster upon themselves – and they didn't even find any aliens
Who, Me?Idle hands are SETI's workshop
07 Sep 2020
Funny, that: Handy script for wiping directories is capable of wreaking havoc beyond a miscreant's wildest dreams
Who, Me?Beware the three options of the apocalypse
31 Aug 2020
This PDP-11/70 was due to predict an election outcome – but no one could predict it falling over
Who, Me?Remember when the only interference was electromagnetic?
24 Aug 2020
Sun welcomes vampire dating website company: Arrgh! No! It burns! It buuurrrrnsss!
Who, Me?Cookies? Check. Coffee? Check. Warned security that the cast of The Matrix is on their way up? Er...
17 Aug 2020
You had one job... Just two lines of code, and now the customer's Inventory Master File has bitten the biscuit
Who, Me?You're so BASIC
10 Aug 2020
A tale of mainframes and students being too clever by far
Who, Me?Behold, the Move of Certain Doom
03 Aug 2020
Are you sitting comfortably? Then we'll begin. Hang on, the PDP 11/70 has dropped offline
Who, Me?Beware the wandering buttock
27 Jul 2020
Mainframe madness as the snowflakes take control – and the on-duty operator hasn't a clue how to stop the blizzard
Who, Me?Each one unique, and they'll keep coming till there's no paper left... or someone kills the power
20 Jul 2020
Oh what a cute little animation... OH MY GOD. (Not acceptable, even in the '80s)
Who, Me?Confessions of a student
13 Jul 2020
When a deleted primary device file only takes 20 mins out of your maintenance window, but a whole year off your lifespan
Who, Me?In praise of UNIX and knowing when to deliberately drive a server off a cliff
06 Jul 2020
Finally, a wafer-thin server... Only a tiny little thin one. Oh all right. Just the one...
Who, Me?The UPS gets its revenge in a tale of fire, fury and farming
29 Jun 2020
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