Author: Roland Hughes

Roland Hughes is the president of Logikal Solutions, a business applications consulting firm specializing in OpenVMS platforms and Qt on Linux. Hughes serves as a lead consultant with over two decades of experience using computers and operating systems. With a degree in Computer Information Systems, the author's experience is focused on systems across a variety of diverse industries including heavy equipment manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, stock exchanges, tax accounting, and hardware value-added resellers, to name a few. Working throughout these industries has strengthened the author's unique skill set and given him a broad perspective on the role and value of technology in industry.

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Same Bat Time! Same Bat Channel!

Even if you aren’t of a certain age to have watched the Bat Man television show when it was new on the air, you probably have some oldies station still running it today. Sadly, Adam West passed away on June 9, 2017 and another piece of my childhood slipped away.…

Roland HughesOctober 2, 2017October 1, 2017

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The NFL’s Sunset Days

It’s Sunday morning as I write this. I’m sure there will be a few more full team protests trying to spin disrespecting the American flag into something noble, or so the marketing agents say. That’s not just an idle phrase: so the marketing agents say This is a gamble to…

Roland HughesOctober 1, 2017

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Those Nagging Little Questions – Chapter 1 – How

A while back I accepted a contract in the City of Chicago for a marketing company. Yes, they were developing some cross platform software for a client. I paid an insane amount of money for a corporate housing unit a little over a block away from the client. What made…

Roland HughesOctober 1, 2017September 22, 2017

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And the Niche Markets Go Dark

It is easy to let the conspiracy theory portion of my mind to run wild hearing the news and, more importantly seeing the list of television stations now going dark due to the recent FCC auction. This was especially true when I say WYCC-Channel 20 of Chicago on the list.…

Roland HughesSeptember 30, 2017September 29, 2017

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A Question From A Reader About Little Rocket Man

This morning I found the following question in my inbox. I was looking over the synopsis on your 3 book series. Hmmmmm. With all the stuff going on right now, whitehouse, storms, russia, north korea…. any of that mentioned (in part correctly) in your books? You know, news before it…

Roland HughesSeptember 29, 2017

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The Hutch

Part of the problem with buying a really big “executive” mahogany looking module workstation some 25 years go is I always have to have a massive office to fit it in. (Probably why I consumed two bays of a 3 car garage over a decade ago and never left. A…

Roland HughesSeptember 28, 2017September 27, 2017

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The Drawer

One thing leads to another in the morning. You decide to use the inkjet printer instead of the laser because you haven’t used the inkjet in a while and those cartridges tend to dry out. Let’s be honest, HP didn’t make cartridges to last. How many of you bought an…

Roland HughesSeptember 27, 2017