links<\/a>. (A couple of the sites have interviews with me. So Mark Rittman is Oracle Ace of the Year and I get interviewed by ZX Spectrum fan sites. Mmmmmm ……)<\/p>\nThose links should carry a health warning, though, because you might not manage to get to bed at the normal time!<\/p>\n
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Whenever I did mine, I’d explain what I’d done with Oracle, teaching and IT in general, talk about a couple of personal interests but the one thing… Continue reading Competely OT – ZX Spectrum Games<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-927","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":863,"url":"http:\/\/orcldoug.com\/blog\/2006\/02\/17\/one-for-the-zx-spectrum-fans\/","url_meta":{"origin":927,"position":0},"title":"One for the ZX Spectrum Fans","date":"February 17, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Look what I found! 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