Y2K wash-up: what actually broke
A week into the new year. The reports of what actually broke on the night, and what is breaking quietly now. The story is not what the press is telling.
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Last post of the millennium
Two hours from midnight in the UK. The year is closing. The decade is closing. The millennium, by some accountings, is closing too. A short note, mostly to put a marker down.
Final Y2K notes: what I am doing on the night
Two weeks out. The systems are patched. The plans are written. Here is what I am actually doing on the 31st, and the small list of things I am still slightly worried about.
Y2K: what is actually fragile
Two months out from the rollover. The press is selling apocalypse; the IT departments I know are quietly working through punch lists. The actual fragile parts are not what either side is talking about.
Looking ahead to 1999
A short note about the year ahead. The shape of the things I expect to spend my evenings reading about, and the open question of how this all changes when the calendar finally turns to 2000.