Ralph Hosking

Melbourne-based after 10 years in Luxembourg then Perth. Software Developer at TIM Technologies, follows tech, sci-fi, breaking news and random humour.

I've worked in the software development industry since joining BS Microcomp in Melbourne. After ten months I was assigned to the Japanese project culminating in four weeks in Tokyo. Two years later the company was downsized and five of us were transferred to Luxembourg for one year, I stayed ten.

Returning to Australia I lived in Perth, started a new IT company and later returned to Melbourne. Enjoying getting out most days for fun, drinks, meals, walks, movies and enjoying and experiencing Melbourne.

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2025-04-29 - 40 years ago today I started work at Myer Computer and Business Centre, Perth. After company acquisitions I ended up in Luxembourg.
2025-04-25 - At Garden State Hotel for the start of the AFL ANZAC game. During the 'Last Post' and minute's silence the busy pub came to a near standstill. Respect!
2025-04-22 - Dreamed about OS/2 application errors; application worked first time, fatal error on subsequent starts. I've not used OS/2 in decades.
2025-04-19 - Typical night's dreams still occurring; Luxembourg, friends and work last night, DR-one a couple of nights ago.
2025-03-02 - I've worked on TIM4biz twice as long as I did DR-one but I still occasionally say/think "DR-one" instead of "TIM4biz", that's the impact it had on me.
2025-02-01 - Officially the word is 'cartographer' but I prefer 'mapematician'.
2025-01-23 - That's a first for me - my mouse locked up and I had to switch it off and on again.
2025-01-07 - At Jaycar picking up CAT5e cables the guy that helped said he went to the same academy - I was wearing my ThinkGeek 'Time Lord Academy' t-shirt.
2024-12-18 - Tuesday was a messed up sleep; dreamed about JSON data. And Wednesday dreamed about updating search results to include inactive customers.
2024-12-07 - Building security system still seems to have problems identifying me; every time I swipe in it welcomes me saying "Access, Grant Ed.".
2024-10-20 - A nice drink and service at Garden State Hotel. Discovered a nice Lamborghini on the walk home via Flinders Lane. All together a nice Sunday outing.
2024-09-08 - 'Yay', building evacuation. I've not done that in a while. "Emergency. Evacuate. Evacuate now."
2024-08-30 - A quick two months have passed, so much work done, weekly GSH visits, reading 'Lensman' series, working on 'Gray Lensman'.
2024-07-09 - More dreams of Luxembourg, sometimes I'm speaking French. I still write apartment as appartement and add occasional trailing 'e's to words.
2024-06-06 - Some self-checkouts spit out the receipt at a rate to be measured in meters per second others to be measured in furlongs per fortnight.
2024-04-28 - Dreamed about writing DDE software again. Later dreamed about an accident then reading diaries to reset time to before the accident.
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