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Ever wondered why Oxford's area code is 01865? The story is more-complicated than you'd think.
As a child, I was told that city STD codes were usually associated to the letters that appear on some telephones... but that wouldn't make any sense for Oxford's code! (Look at your phone and see for yourself! Look at an older phone with the letters in different locations and you'll see I'm still right!)
But I'm not talking about that yet.
I'll share the story on my blog, of course. But before then, I'll be telling it from the stage of the Jericho Tavern at 21:15 on Wednesday 17 April as my third(?) appearance at Oxford Geek Nights! So if you're interested in learning about some of the quirks of UK telephone numbering history, I can guarantee that this party's the only one to be at that Wednesday night!
Not your jam? That's okay: there's plenty of more-talented people than I who'll be speaking, about subjects as diverse as quantum computing with QATboxen, bringing your D&D experience to stakeholder management (!), video games without screens, learnings from the Horizon scandal, and whatever Freyja Domville means by The Unreasonable Effectiveness of the Scientific Method (but I'm seriously excited by that title).
Anyway: I hope you'll be coming along to Oxford Geek Nights 57 next month, if not to hear me witter on about the fossils in our telecommunications networks then to enjoy a beer and hear from the amazing speakers I'll be sharing the stage with. The event's always a blast, and I'm looking forward to seeing you there!