{"id":150,"date":"2004-09-22T18:30:30","date_gmt":"2004-09-22T17:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.randomwire.com\/2004\/09\/22\/hursley\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T13:09:56","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T12:09:56","slug":"hursley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/randomwire.com\/hursley\/","title":{"rendered":"Hursley"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:11190,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/en.wikipedia.org\\\/wiki\\\/The_Crystal_Maze&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20250919110907\\\/https:\\\/\\\/en.wikipedia.org\\\/wiki\\\/The_Crystal_Maze&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-02 19:46:04&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-16 23:00:48&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-17 05:59:44&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-20 07:26:51&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-25 06:32:41&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-29 19:46:33&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-02 12:42:34&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-15 12:00:07&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-01 22:29:09&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-25 13:46:48&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-12 12:51:34&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-23 10:34:13&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-23 10:34:13&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:11191,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/en.wikipedia.org\\\/wiki\\\/Richard_O%27Brien&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20251009202242\\\/https:\\\/\\\/en.wikipedia.org\\\/wiki\\\/Richard_O&#039;Brien&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-02 19:46:05&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-02 19:46:05&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>After our software engineering team <a href=\"\/clean-sweep\/\">won<\/a> the overall team prize back in <a href=\"\/2004\/04\/\">April<\/a> we&#8217;re off to IBM Hursley (Winchester) tomorrow to compete against other universities in the &#8216;UK Labs ThinkPad Challenge&#8217;! 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