According to a Russian security site [babelfish translation], SCO are behind a new worm (Mydoom) which is designed to target www.sco.com with a DDoS attack this Sunday, while propogating itself in the usual win32 email fashion … seemingly the FBI has raided SCO, detained employees and seized equipment. Truth? Who knows — the whole SCO […]
“Bill Gates, the Microsoft founder and the world’s wealthiest man, is to receive an honorary knighthood for “services to global enterprise”.” Yeah, I know, I had to do a double-take on that one too. The Telegraph article also states that “commercial success has led to hatred of him among his competitors.” This in the same […]
I was just about to go make some brekkie, waiting for the Phill Jupitus breakfast show to start on 6music, when I heard a weird crackling in the office. “Crap, something’s on fire,” was my first thought, my second was to start reaching for a fire extinguisher … then I turned off dabbar, and listened […]
Not content with attempting to homogenise the planet, the almighty Masterfoods, Inc., aka Mars in the UK, have released a new variant of their Snickers bar. In the UK, we have two – the Snickers, which used to be the Marathon of yore, and Snickers Crunch, a more recent arrival. In the US, the Snickers […]
The martians released their black smoke, but the ship sped on, cutting down one of the tripod figures. Instantly, the others raised their heat rays, and melted the Thunderchild’s valiant heart. Good grief, didn’t NASA learn anything from any of the different versions of The Martian Chronicles or The War of the Worlds? Those little […]
Another year, another bunch of drinks 🙂 Went out with Andy, Jade and Jess — started at Jess’s, then Bar Oz, Waxy’s for the bells, and then some random flat out west. Good night, good craic, sorted. Made it home just before 8 — I only remember the actual time because I snapped a couple […]
It suddenly dawned on me that after my (brief) comments on Reloaded earlier in the year, I forgot to follow through with comments on The Matrix Revolutions. I’ve seen The Matrix countless times now, Reloaded a few times, but I’ve yet to have a repeat viewing of Revolutions after that first time back in November. […]
Bob Monkhouse and Alan Bates have both passed away, with Mr. Monkhouse losing the battle against prostate cancer, which I didn’t even realise he had been diagnosed with — two years ago, according to the news report — and Sir Bates had been suffering from liver cancer. It also turns out an aunt’s mother and […]