I have learnt a valuable lesson in life from sport. Stay with me, this is not going to be the usual management flim-flam where a lazy person tries to make hard work the same as golf. When I was a child, I didn't like sport very much. I say that I didn't like it, but that's not quite true. I look... Read more...

There are many higher end features of access control systems that are often misunderstood. This month, I have been asked about a couple of these... What is the difference between logical and timed anti-passback? Anti-passback is a feature designed to sto... Read more...

I'll tell you what gets my goat. Poor customer service, that's what. I am in the process of moving house and have had a bellyful of making telephone calls to disinterested people. I say people - I called a famous phone company to arrange to move my line and my number, thinking that they would be f... Read more...

When NASA first started sending up astronauts, they quickly discovered that ballpoint pens would not work in zero gravity. To combat the problem, NASA scientists spent a decade and $12 billion to develop a pen that writes in zero gravity, upside down, underwater, on almost any surface including glas... Read more...

One of my favourite radio presenters, Eddie Mair, is attributed with a story about a well known TV and radio personality. "Older woman. Butter wouldn't melt sort of image. Lovely woman by all accounts." "In the 'mixed' toilets (of which there are a few at Broadcasting House), the said TV star was s... Read more...