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Chris

Chris

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Jun 3, 2025

Britain’s Sovereign Warhead programme — a half and half hedging of bets

“We’ve got to have this thing over here whatever it costs…. We’ve got to have the bloody Union Jack flying on top of it” Ernest Bevin, UK…

A Polaris missile launched from a submarine

Chris

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Apr 17, 2025

GIFS I intend to use GIFilator

A collection of GIFS that I have used repeatedly or am hoping to use at some stage. A personal page to save me googling stuff.

GIFS I intend to use GIFilator

Chris

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Oct 27, 2024

Making a mark in a modern democracy

How a simple voting booth pencil symbolises democracy

Making a mark in a modern democracy

Chris

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Feb 22, 2024

What Product Owners do wrong with Scrum Sprint Goals and how to fix it.

Sprint goals are there for a purpose — don’t treat them as an afterthought!

A focused businesswoman in a smart suit sits at her desk. Her expression is one of urgency as she types rapidly on the keyboard, trying to meet a tight deadline.

Chris

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Nov 19, 2023

Ukraine’s Dnipro bridgehead and what it might mean for the war…

For at least the last month, Ukrainian forces have been engaging in activity along the eastern bank of the Dnipro river. In the last few…

A foggy view of the Dnipro river with a navigation buoy in the foreground and a misty view of the far bank in the distance.

Chris

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Sep 5, 2023

Google Bard is not reliable for returning share price information

This is the conversation I held with Google Bard to test out its ability to provide information from the internet. If they can get this…

Google Bard is not reliable for returning share price information

Chris

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Jun 9, 2023

Who blew up the Nova Kakhovka dam?

TLDR: it was the Russians

Who blew up the Nova Kakhovka dam?

Chris

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Apr 24, 2023

Przemyśl falls — the Austro-Hungarians lose their greatest city fortress of the Great War

The fall of Przemyśl, an Austro-Hungarian fortress town, was a huge loss for the Austro-Hungarian empire.

A very grainy panoramic picture of a city. A few churches and other significant buildings are prominent.

Chris

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Jan 24, 2023

Sea Raven

The canal looks cold, muddy, uninviting. It’s cold, with a chill easterly wind that tugs insistently at the post-industrial landscape. I’m…

Stock image of a cormorant’s head.

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Sep 29, 2022

7 Best Practices for Writing User Stories

Building software is hard

Black and white photo of the Capitol building in Washington DC under construction. There’s plenty of scaffolding around.

Chris

Chris

I’m interested in lots of things and write about them. History, nature, environment, business topics, experimental stories and anything else I fancy.

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