Chris M Evans
@chrismevans.me
Owner, founder and Principal Analyst at Architecting IT. Food lover, eater and maker. Husband, father. Lover of all things computing (except perhaps Networking). https://architecting.it
They let me in again. I’ll trade personal privacy for the speed and efficiency of Global Entry every time.
November 11, 2025 at 4:51 PM
They let me in again. I’ll trade personal privacy for the speed and efficiency of Global Entry every time.
For my first and last business trip this year I’m about an hour out from NYC and Commvault Shift. Weather looks cold! Should be an interesting event. Hit me up if you’re attending.
November 11, 2025 at 3:01 PM
For my first and last business trip this year I’m about an hour out from NYC and Commvault Shift. Weather looks cold! Should be an interesting event. Hit me up if you’re attending.
How do people know how rough a badger’s arse actually is? Have you ever felt a badger’s arse?
November 9, 2025 at 9:21 PM
How do people know how rough a badger’s arse actually is? Have you ever felt a badger’s arse?
Watching Strictly Come Dancing, I'm struck by why UK folks are terrible at languages. It's "LA" Voix. Not Le Voix. It's easy to understand the difference but it grates on me every time I hear it pronounced incorrectly.
November 9, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Watching Strictly Come Dancing, I'm struck by why UK folks are terrible at languages. It's "LA" Voix. Not Le Voix. It's easy to understand the difference but it grates on me every time I hear it pronounced incorrectly.
With the news about Andrew, all I have in my head today are the last few lyrics of the Madness song, The Prince.
October 31, 2025 at 2:22 PM
With the news about Andrew, all I have in my head today are the last few lyrics of the Madness song, The Prince.
I'm somewhat bemused by the idea that we don't already have digital currency. Admittedly, bitcoin and other crypto can be considered currency, but in reality have turned more into assets for investments than exchange mechanisms. (1/5)
www.theregister.com/2025/10/31/d...
www.theregister.com/2025/10/31/d...
Europe preps Digital Euro to enter circulation in 2029
: Because fewer people like banknotes, and payment sovereignty is a problem
www.theregister.com
October 31, 2025 at 9:36 AM
I'm somewhat bemused by the idea that we don't already have digital currency. Admittedly, bitcoin and other crypto can be considered currency, but in reality have turned more into assets for investments than exchange mechanisms. (1/5)
www.theregister.com/2025/10/31/d...
www.theregister.com/2025/10/31/d...
When you're quoting the amenities of your hotel on your website, do customers care that 80% of your lightbulbs are LEDs? Not a typical "amenity". Also how useful to have compostable stirrers, but not top of my list....
October 30, 2025 at 6:15 PM
When you're quoting the amenities of your hotel on your website, do customers care that 80% of your lightbulbs are LEDs? Not a typical "amenity". Also how useful to have compostable stirrers, but not top of my list....
Who knew baseball was such a popular sport in west London. 4/5 people in one house alone, all with their own bats.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Uxbridge triple stabbing: Residents tried to save victim
Uxbridge residents ran out with baseball bats to protect one of the men attacked on Monday.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 29, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Who knew baseball was such a popular sport in west London. 4/5 people in one house alone, all with their own bats.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Trump threatens to cancel meeting with Xi
Trump also threatened a
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October 10, 2025 at 4:08 PM
You wouldn't call something that wasn't a banana, a banana. So the same should apply to any product, including meat, burgers, sausage, cheese etc.
www.theverge.com/news/798146/...
www.theverge.com/news/798146/...
Lab-grown meat does not a burger make, EU lawmakers insist
A burger by any other name.
www.theverge.com
October 10, 2025 at 3:21 PM
You wouldn't call something that wasn't a banana, a banana. So the same should apply to any product, including meat, burgers, sausage, cheese etc.
www.theverge.com/news/798146/...
www.theverge.com/news/798146/...
I'm sure there are parts of rural Oxfordshire that you never see a brown face, but no-one ever calls that out, do they?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Jenrick defends calling Handsworth 'worst-integrated'
The shadow justice secretary is accused of racism after saying the Handsworth area was one of the
www.bbc.co.uk
October 7, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I'm sure there are parts of rural Oxfordshire that you never see a brown face, but no-one ever calls that out, do they?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Let’s not listen to the basis on which people are legitimately protesting, let’s just suppress them more so we don’t have to hear their protestations.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Police to get broader powers to crack down on repeated protests
The move is not a ban on protests but
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October 5, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Let’s not listen to the basis on which people are legitimately protesting, let’s just suppress them more so we don’t have to hear their protestations.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Amazon having a laugh? Mr Benn’s address.
October 4, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Amazon having a laugh? Mr Benn’s address.
George Galloway seems to be slowly turning himself into Elvis Costello.
September 28, 2025 at 6:37 AM
George Galloway seems to be slowly turning himself into Elvis Costello.
Fairly easy to guess which is the cooking wine today and which is the drinking wine!
September 27, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Fairly easy to guess which is the cooking wine today and which is the drinking wine!
You know, some days I wonder if things are just being made up as they go along....
www.tomshardware.com/tech-industr...
www.tomshardware.com/tech-industr...
New U.S. gov't rule says chipmakers have to make one chip in the US for each chip imported from another country to avoid 100% tariffs — Trump admin allegedly preps new 1:1 chip export rule under new t...
But how chips of different complexities will be counted remains unknown
www.tomshardware.com
September 26, 2025 at 1:48 PM
You know, some days I wonder if things are just being made up as they go along....
www.tomshardware.com/tech-industr...
www.tomshardware.com/tech-industr...
What a wonderful world we live in. An ex-president sentenced to prison (www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...), the current US president a convicted felon. Our own prime ministers found guilty of criminal behaviour (not quite on the scale of the above).
Nicolas Sarkozy sentenced to five years in Libya campaign financing case
The former French president was found guilty of criminal conspiracy but cleared of other charges.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 25, 2025 at 1:03 PM
What a wonderful world we live in. An ex-president sentenced to prison (www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...), the current US president a convicted felon. Our own prime ministers found guilty of criminal behaviour (not quite on the scale of the above).
As a one-off (or maybe a few), this story wouldn't really matter in the scheme of things. But we can guess that this isn't a one-off.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Urgent review ordered into asylum seeker taxi costs
Asylum seekers are travelling long distances for appointments, with one telling the BBC his journey to visit a GP cost the Home Office £600.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 24, 2025 at 12:59 PM
As a one-off (or maybe a few), this story wouldn't really matter in the scheme of things. But we can guess that this isn't a one-off.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Rather than having a new "rule" in our so-called wonderful NHS, shouldn't we be asking what action was taken against the doctors and the surgery in question?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Jess's Rule: GPs to re-check some patients for deadly 'misses'
Jess's Rule urges doctors to 'think again' if they cannot diagnose a patient's illness after three appointments.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 23, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Rather than having a new "rule" in our so-called wonderful NHS, shouldn't we be asking what action was taken against the doctors and the surgery in question?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Anyone thinking that the concept of VR spectacles is a good idea just needs to read "Brave New World" to realise what a mess we would get into.
September 22, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Anyone thinking that the concept of VR spectacles is a good idea just needs to read "Brave New World" to realise what a mess we would get into.
I think Trump just announced his new perfume "Abba, by Jean". Oh no, sorry Azerbaijan.
September 18, 2025 at 2:37 PM
I think Trump just announced his new perfume "Abba, by Jean". Oh no, sorry Azerbaijan.
We appear to be entering a new censorship era. The US has bullied Jimmy Kimmel into silence (www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...) while the French president is being forced to prove his wife is a woman (www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...)
Jimmy Kimmel taken off air over Charlie Kirk comments
The late-night host said on Monday that Trump's allies were
www.bbc.co.uk
September 18, 2025 at 7:51 AM
We appear to be entering a new censorship era. The US has bullied Jimmy Kimmel into silence (www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...) while the French president is being forced to prove his wife is a woman (www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...)
Hank Scorpio now the world’s richest man.
September 10, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Hank Scorpio now the world’s richest man.
Looking forward to listening to "Creg" later, but I suspect Apple won't have anything to offer me in this cycle. Is it time for a new product category?
September 9, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Looking forward to listening to "Creg" later, but I suspect Apple won't have anything to offer me in this cycle. Is it time for a new product category?