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The decision to end deer hunting in Epping Forest buffer land was welcomed by campaigners five years ago this week.

A group of rain-soaked cyclists crossed the finish line in Winnipeg on Friday afternoon. It marked the end of Spirit of Hope, a five-day bike ride in support of Habitat for Humanity.

Looking back How the new dining building could look at the Royal Gunpowder Mills under the PGL plans from five years ago It is five years ago since the future of Royal Gunpowder Mills was decided, only for a late intervention to force a second vote. There was drama as controversial plans for the transformation of a heritage site were approved, before four councillors ‘stood’ and forced a second vote. At a district development meeting of Epping Forest District Council, seven councillors vo...

Just a coincidence or a call-back to borks of Windows past? Richard Speed Tue 2 Feb 2021 // 12:07 UTC Share Copy Bork!Bork!Bork! Even after a year of readers sending in photos taken of error screens theyve seen out and about for The Regs Bork column, the infamous Windows "Blue Screen of Death" has remained a mainstay. However, have you wondered why blue is the colour? Retired Microsoft engineer Dave Plummer took to his YouTube channel over the weekend to give us his vie...

ZIP folders were originally a Microsoft engineers side hustle until bosses figured out he worked for Microsoft Also: Edge on Apple arrives in the Dev Channel, HealthBot goes to the cloud, and Chile to get an Azure Region Richard Speed Mon 11 Jan 2021 // 21:04 UTC Share Copy In brief Retired Microsoft engineer Dave Plummer uploaded another Windows war story to his YouTube channel over the weekend, this time concerning the history of the handy zip folder functionality that...

The Reg speaks to former Microsoft engineer Dave Plummer SmartDrive, DiskCopy... its life at Redmond in the DOS era Richard Speed Wed 6 Jan 2021 // 09:10 UTC Share Copy Interview Everyone remembers their first time. It might be Commodore-flavoured, or carry a whiff of Sinclair about it. For former Microsoft engineer Dave Plummer, it was a TRS-80 in a 1979 Radio Shack. Plummer now runs a YouTube channel stuffed full of nerdery, though decades ago he played a role in the r...