Seasons Greetings! And the Return of the Black Marble Brigade

by Linda Hogg2. December 2011 11:02

Ep01_2011We love Christmas at Black Marble and our Black Marble Christmas Adventure has already begun – please follow the NMC Logoadventure online to find out what peril has befallen Santa this time, and how the team can save him!  

Our website has it’s Christmas style on -  and our office is decorated from top to bottom!  Advent calendars are everywhere too Smile

Plus, once again we are supporting The National Museum of Computing (TNMOC) and Bletchley Park with our Christmas Cards, and I encourage you all to do the same.

Merry Christmas!

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Episode 2 of the BMXmas Adventure–Going Postal–Now Live!

by Linda Hogg3. December 2010 12:51

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Episode Two of this year’s Xmas Card Adventure is now live on our website – want to know what the BMBrigade find on reaching their destination?  What has happened to Santa?!  Can our heroes’ Windows Phone 7’s help save the world this Xmas??

Enjoying the adventure?  Watch out for Episode Three on 8th December, when General Junk-Mail’s fiendish plot is revealed!

And this year, find out how our customers can benefit from our skills in Visual Studio with an ALM Health Check … and gain the opportunity to win an XBox with Kinect!

Going Postal–Can the Black Marble Brigade Save Xmas 2010?

by Linda Hogg30. November 2010 23:06

Episode OneIt’s that time of year again … Santa has been kidnapped and the only team that can save him is the Black Marble Brigade!  And what BlechleyParkgreat tools do the team have at their disposal this year?!  Why Windows Phone 7 and Microsoft Surface! There is no limit to what use these can be put to to save Santa and Christmas in 2010.

Look out for episode 2 next week!

Plus, once again we are supporting The National Museum of Computing (TNMOC) and Bletchley Park with our Christmas Cards, and I encourage you all to do the same.

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Final Part of the BM Brigade’s Yule Time Adventure!

by Linda Hogg21. December 2009 11:44

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BlechleyPark The Black Marble Brigade have finally foiled Professor iNfamy’s nefarious schemes … time to kick back and relax!

We at Black Marble wish you all a very merry Christmas and happy New Year!

This year, Black Marble are making a donation The Bletchley Park Trust and The National Museum of Computing for every card sent … these organisations need your support to maintain our industry’s heritage.

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Xmas Adventure Part IV – Can the Black Marble Brigade save Desktop Software as we know it?

by Linda Hogg14. December 2009 13:09

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Now the Black Marble Brigade have saved computing in the 1940s … can they save it in the 1980s??

Part IV of the Black Marble Brigade Yule Time Travel Adventure is now live … find out what nefarious plans Professor iNfamy has in store for desktop operating systems, and can our heroes thwart his scheme?

Part V coming this Thursday (17 December).

BlechleyParkThis year, Black Marble are making a donation The Bletchley Park Trust and The National Museum of Computing for every card sent … this organisations need your support to maintain our industry’s heritage.

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Xmas Adventure Part III …. Can the Black Marble Brigade save Colossus??

by Linda Hogg10. December 2009 13:55

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The Black Marble Brigade are at Bletchley Park in the 1940s … can they save Colossus from Professor iNfamy’s evil plan? 

And why not visit the real WORKING Colossus at The National Museum of Computing

Plus, like Black Marble, you can donate to keep Colossus working for all future generations.

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Black Marble Brigade Christmas Adventure Yule Time Travel – Part II now available!

by Linda Hogg8. December 2009 12:43

Episode IEpisode II After a hiatus in 2008, the Black Marble Brigade return this year caught up in the machinations of the mysterious Professor iNfamy! 

Part I (left) on our website and on every desk with a Black Marble Xmas Card! 

Find out in Part II (right) where iNfamy’s time travelling scheme has taken them … that mansion looks familiar …  

National Museum of ComputingPart III coming this Thursday …

This year, Black Marble are making a donation The Bletchley Park Trust and The National Museum of Computing for every card sent … this organisations need your support to maintain our industry’s heritage.

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Breaking the Code

by Linda Hogg7. September 2009 23:18

As part of Black Marble’s day of celebrating our computing history, we visited Bletchley Park – home of the historic site of Station X , the base of British codebreaking activities during World War II and birthplace of the modern computer.

A conservation area since the early nineties, the Park was saved just in time from demolition as the secret story of Britain’s codebreakers was finally made public.

Bombe_Front The Trust have rebuilt the Turing Bombe, developed by the man credited as being the father of modern computing – Alan Turing.AlanTuring

Like the National Museum of Computing that shares the site, the Trust receives no government funding and is regularly looking for sponsorship to maintain the historic site for future generations.  Black Marble supports the work of the Trust and would encourage other technology companies in the UK to do the same – simply visit their website and select Donate.

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