Stephen Cobb's Personal Blog

A security geek goes to see a surgeon about having an operation. The surgeon says, "We may use the robot." The geek thinks: "...

For a small island that is increasingly crowded with people, Britain displays a strangely persistent fascination with traveling fast, as ref...

[Updated 6/11/13: It's official, I do have Conn syndrome. The nephrologist just called to say my AVS test results were, direct quote: ...

Just a quick post to let folks know that I came through my recent medical procedure unscathed (apart from a small hole below the belt line t...

If you have missed this blog lately, that's because it was offline for several weeks while I rebuilt it after a nasty case of criminal h...

30 years ago this month, December 1982, I sat down at my first personal computer, a KayPro II, and started learning word processing, spreads...

I was born and raised in England, where the day after Christmas Day is Boxing Day. It is a national holiday and also my favorite day of the ...

At the end of the English street where I was born sat the Alvis factory, turning out automotive works of art in a part of the world--The Mid...

If someone uses a photograph of your face for commercial purposes they could be breaking the law. In an odd way, this statement connects two...

Why so quiet here on Cobbsblog? To be honest I took the month of July to recover from our medical nightmare in June. But now I'm back an...