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OL,5, The last time I was in Cambridge was   
OL,6, overCtwo decadesGago.                  
OL,8, A 17-year-old me was there for hisCvery
OL,9,Cfirst university interview.GMy parents 
OL,10, dropped me off at Trinity, a college I 
OL,11, had picked from the bewildering list of
OL,12, options merely on the basis that it had
OL,13, a science park nearby, oblivious to its
OL,14, esteemed history.                      
OL,16, Since I couldn't pick pure Physics, I  
OL,17, went for Natural Sciences. In the pre- 
OL,18, interview test, the questions were all 
OL,19, way beyond anything I'd ever seen.     
OL,21, Long story short:CI didn't get in.     
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OL,5, I never assumed it was a dead cert, but
OL,6, I had been led to believe I had chance 
OL,7, after chance.                          
OL,9,BMy college successfully sends loads to 
OL,10,BOxbridge every year.FThe interviewers  
OL,11,Fare more interested in helping you with
OL,12,Fthe questions you didn't answer, and to
OL,13,Ffind out how you think.CIf you don't   
OL,14,Cget into your first choice college,    
OL,15,Cdon't worry, you'll be put into a pool!
OL,17, Well, I got grilled on the questions I 
OL,18, had already given my all on, leaving me
OL,19, ineptly nodding at the right answers.  
OL,20, I was way out of my depth and woefully 
OL,21, unprepared.CNo pool. Outright rejected.
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OL,5, I knew there were no guarantees, butCI 
OL,6,Chad already started to imagineGthe life
OL,7, and future I may have had in Cambridge,
OL,8, until the dream was snatched away by a 
OL,9, bar set far too high and far too soon. 
OL,10,CIt'd be a whole yearGbefore I'd learn  
OL,11, how to answer those test questions.    
OL,13, Perhaps an alternate-universe me ended 
OL,14, up graduating from Cambridge, and then 
OL,15, stayed on to do a PhD, putting me near 
OL,16, the right place at the right time to   
OL,17, get involved with the founding ofCThe  
OL,18,CCentre for Computing History,Ga museum 
OL,19, which has been the backdrop of many    
OL,20, YouTube videos that the real-universe  
OL,21, me has enjoyed watching over the years?
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OL,5, And on the third (full) weekend in     
OL,6, September, this museum would serve as  
OL,7, the backdrop for a celebration ofC50   
OL,8,Cyears since the world's very first     
OL,9,CTeletext service - Ceefax - was born.  
OL,11, Visiting the museum on any ordinary day
OL,12, would have felt like a pilgrimage, and 
OL,13, a privilege.F"I get to follow in the   
OL,14,Ffootsteps of Tom Scott!"GI heard myself
OL,15, say aloud, before my brain's very next 
OL,16, thought put me down...F"yeah, the Tom  
OL,17,FScott you ordered off Temu..."         
OL,19, My plan was to make (inferior) YouTube 
OL,20, videos if I could, true.CBut the voyage
OL,21,Cwas nearly over almost before it began.
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OL,5, Since myself and mum were setting off  
OL,6, after I'd finished work - at rush hour 
OL,7, - we'd decided it was wise to avoid the
OL,8, M4 from Swansea,Cand use our trusty old
OL,9,Cnon-motorway route,Gthrough mid-Wales  
OL,10, and Herefordshire, to join on to the M5
OL,11, much further up towards Birmingham.    
OL,13, All was going reasonably well up to our
OL,14, traditional toilet stop at Glasbury,   
OL,15, near Hay-on-Wye. Our journey had been  
OL,16, lit by lightning, but the rain wasn't  
OL,17, too bad, and we hadn't encountered so  
OL,18, much as a puddle. We had a sandwich in 
OL,19, the car, and then continued on our way.
OL,21, The rain got a little heavier...       
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OL,5, ...but it still wasn't what I'd call a 
OL,6, deluge. I've never been scared of big  
OL,7, puddles before - in fact,CI usually end
OL,8,Cup quite enjoying themG- the kawoosh I 
OL,9, made on driving through them making me 
OL,10, shout "woohoo!" out loud.              
OL,12, That was until, in the dark, with no   
OL,13, warning signs, and no visual warning,  
OL,14, after a bend,Cmy Mini was afloat.      
OL,16, There was no going back, and there was 
OL,17, almost no going forwards, as we started
OL,18, rapidly losing momentum. Mum shouted to
OL,19, meA"DON'T STOP!"Gand I somehow managed 
OL,20, to slam the car into third gear, and   
OL,21, put my foot all the way to the floor.  
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OL,5,CThe car howled and screamed into the   
OL,6,Cnight,Gbut I kept it up because we'd   
OL,7, gained a crucial solitary mile-per-hour
OL,8,Gin the forward direction. And we very  
OL,9, much needed it. This wasn't just a big 
OL,10, puddle, it was a full-on lagoon.       
OL,12, I had no idea where the other side was,
OL,13, nor if we would even make it. I somehow
OL,14, got some grip back, pulled over safely,
OL,15, and waited for the inevitable splutter 
OL,16, of my engine and flicker of headlights.
OL,18,CBut it didn't happen.GI mean, the smell
OL,19, from all that revving was atrocious,   
OL,20, but my plucky Mini had somehow proved  
OL,21, itself to be semi-amphibious!          
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OL,5,CI wasn't intent on proving it more than
OL,6,Conce.GUnfortunately the roads had other
OL,7, ideas. We carried on tentatively, after
OL,8,Gassuming we must have been through the 
OL,9, worst of it, until an oncoming car was 
OL,10, rapidly flashing their headlights at us
OL,11, in a way that made it very clear that  
OL,12, they were not to be ignored on this.   
OL,14, We're forever grateful to them, for not
OL,15, only stopping, but showing us how to   
OL,16, get out of the nightmare, as the satnav
OL,17, was hell-bent on sending us back to the
OL,18,Glagoon, whichever way we set it to go. 
OL,20, It wasn't long, though, beforeCeven our
OL,21,C"safe route" presented flash floods.   
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OL,5,CLiterally every turn seemed to be      
OL,6,Cblocked,Gwhether by a flash flood, or a
OL,7, 'ROAD CLOSED' sign. Even on the A465 in
OL,8,GHereford - a relatively major road, by 
OL,9, comparison -CI ended up slamming on the
OL,10,CbrakesGas another pool and a slew of   
OL,11, rocks appeared ahead of me. The other  
OL,12, (presumably local) driversCimpatiently 
OL,13, showed me the way through. I'm sorry to
OL,14, have startled you, but I couldn't risk 
OL,15, it. I didn't have a 4x4 like you lot!  
OL,17, We found another place to pull over, to
OL,18, rest and regroup. Mum was in tears, and
OL,19, I admit, so was I nearly.F"Can we just 
OL,20,Fgo home?! If there's any more of these 
OL,21,Ffloods?"CI was so close to saying yes. 
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OL,5, I decided to ignore the satnav and head
OL,6, directly to Ross-on-Wye (the satnav was
OL,7, still insisting on sending us back to  
OL,8, the flooding, even just to go to Ross, 
OL,9, telling us to go the opposite way to   
OL,10, the very clear road signs for the A49!)
OL,12, The roads were clear, and the weather  
OL,13, much better.CIf we could get to Ross,  
OL,14,Cwe could get on the M50,Gthen the M5,  
OL,15, then the M42, M6, A14, i.e. back to the
OL,16, original plan.                         
OL,18,CBut floods had been replaced with road 
OL,19,Cclosure after road closure.GThe actual 
OL,20, diversions weren't a bad drive but each
OL,21, added on at least half an hour.        
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OL,5,COur 4-6 hour journey ended up taking 9!
OL,6, We were exhausted, and trying to get in
OL,7, our accommodation quietly for at least 
OL,8, a couple of hours of shut-eye.         
OL,10, We'd found a place called Rectory Farm,
OL,11, a little over 4 miles from the museum. 
OL,12, We had a ground floor room in a chalet,
OL,13, andCit was as if the room gave us a    
OL,14,Cmassive hugGon arrival.                
OL,16, Gosh did we need it.                   
OL,18, Gorgeous old furniture, and big comfy  
OL,19, beds. I felt like I'd had a full night 
OL,20, of sleep the next morning, despite our 
OL,21, bed time being curtailed massively.    
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OL,5, And then it was on to the venue: the   
OL,6, Centre for Computing History.          
OL,8, We stopped briefly in the car park for 
OL,9, an obligatory "we made it!" selfie,    
OL,10, which carried so much more weight given
OL,11, the journey we'd had.                  
OL,13,CAfter the WiFi issues when I tried to  
OL,14,Cstream from Chunky Fringe last year,   
OL,15, and many people jumping to the rescue  
OL,16, with their mobile phone hotspots, this 
OL,17, timeCI brought my own internet.GA very 
OL,18, cheap router from AliExpress, only 4G, 
OL,19, but with the intentional compromise of 
OL,20, it being the only affordable 4G/5G     
OL,21, router I could find withCwired LAN.    
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OL,5, I wanted to eliminate as many sources  
OL,6, of wireless interference as I could,   
OL,7, and knowing visitors and exhibitors    
OL,8, would also be on the museum's WiFi, the
OL,9, cross-talk could have been enormous let
OL,10, alone the competition for bandwidth.   
OL,12, I have to give full marks to the router
OL,13,Gand the SIM. Very rarely, in this day  
OL,14, and age, do you plug something in and  
OL,15,Cit just works,Gbut this thing did!     
OL,16, No faff, I just turned it on, plugged  
OL,17, the LAN cable into my PC, browsed to a 
OL,18, website, and ta-dah, there it was.     
OL,20, The only problem was - it wasn't very  
OL,21, fast.CAnd it wasn't the router's fault.
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OL,5, The most convenient place to set up my 
OL,6, makeshift studio was also the furthest 
OL,7, from the window. I wasn't worried about
OL,8, streaming at the highest quality - and 
OL,9, years on ADSL broadband have taught me 
OL,10, what you can achieve with low speeds - 
OL,11, but it was struggling to hold 1 Mbps.  
OL,13,GThen I had a brainwave -Cput it higher!
OL,14, I'd brought a 10 metre LAN cable, with 
OL,15, the original point being to be able to 
OL,16, have the router and PC far from each   
OL,17, other. But this would have meant it    
OL,18, being a major trip hazard in the room  
OL,19, we were in, so I couldn't do that.     
OL,20, Instead, I joined up a few velcro cable
OL,21, ties and put the router on a tripod.   
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OL,5, A few careful adjustments later, and it
OL,6, managed to (mostly) hold 1 Mbps-ish for
OL,7, extended periods. That'll do.          
OL,9, It dropped a few times over the course 
OL,10, of the two days, but it was a massive  
OL,11, improvement over the previous year's   
OL,12, WiFi. And my PC refused to get on with 
OL,13, the museum's WiFi whatsoever, so the 4G
OL,14, router was 100% the right call.        
OL,16,CI managed to get up and running in time
OL,17,Cfor the first event!GI know I tend to  
OL,18, put myself down, but believe it or not,
OL,19, I'd rehearsed a minimum viable setup in
OL,20, my head for days beforehand. Stick to  
OL,21, one PTZ camera, one mic. It paid off.  
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OL,5, Of course, what it did mean, as always,
OL,6, was that most of the kit I'd brought   
OL,7, remained in the bags and cases.        
OL,9, But that's OK. It's easy to get carried
OL,10, away with what youCcouldGbe doing. This
OL,11, time, I made a point of telling myself 
OL,12, that 1) my priority wasn't showing off 
OL,13, what a brilliant stream I could do,Cit 
OL,14,Cwas covering what was going on in front
OL,15,Cof me,Gand 2) whatever I do is enough. 
OL,17, If I'm watching a live stream from an  
OL,18, event,CI want to see the event.GAll of 
OL,19, it. I don't mind the long gaps. I don't
OL,20, mind the lack of slick. For me,Cit all 
OL,21,Cadds to the feeling of being there.    
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OL,5, I was in two minds about streaming the 
OL,6, first event, actually, because it was a
OL,7, screening. Would people really want to 
OL,8, watch while I pointed a camera at a    
OL,9, screen, like a bootlegger at a cinema? 
OL,11, But I'm really glad I kept the stream  
OL,12, rolling.CIt was a binge-showing of all 
OL,13,C10 episodes of the pioneering series   
OL,14,C'Hands Up!',Gan animation using the    
OL,15,Gmedium of Teletext, incorporating and  
OL,16, teaching sign language to deaf viewers.
OL,18, And even though it was a video of a    
OL,19, video, it became a spontaneous watch   
OL,20, party, with Twitch viewers commenting  
OL,21, in chat about how incredible it was.   
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