Is this me? Am I here? Wow I'm creating a weblog. Can't quite belive what I am doing but let's give it a go.

They say that computer programming can be more of an art than a science, and that might well be true. In fact, dealing with computers sometimes seems like an art - a black art to be precise. There are times when they appear not to follow any kind of logic whatsoever, just the opposite you'd expect from computers.

Take, for example, yesterday and my computer display not working. I check the connections. Everything's plugged in okay, but nope, it's definitely not working. Logic dictates that it is probably either a problem with the monitor, or the video card.

Okay. So I call the IT people, who stand around my desk, fiddling with wires, pushing the wires at the back of the computer and shaking their heads as to why it is not working. (Why does it always take 3 IT people to fix a computer is beyond me!) They depart saying they'd be back in 10 minutes. An hour later they reappear lugging along another monitor, and another video card. They plug the replacement monitor in, and presto, it works. Okay. So it must be the monitor that's faulty, right? so they shut down the computer, and ponder where they can find another monitor to replace mine. They think they know of a spare one in another department and just before they go, they plug the old monitor in again. I'm not sure why. And I'm also not sure why they turn on the computer again but it boots up perfectly, display 'n' all, amazing us all. .

Weird. Black art, I'm telling you.