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A rather substantial fault in either the WordPress software or a problem at the server end has resulted in two folders of images being deleted today, hence the image-less posts. Not the end of the world but I’m not looking forward to restoring things I don’t have a backup for.

The original company logo from 1976 depicts Isaac Newton sitting under a tree with the fateful apple glowing above his head and looks about as far removed from a computer company logo as it’s possible to get. The picture frame contained Wordsworth’s description of Newton, “A mind forever voyaging through strange seas of thought, alone.”

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