I so want a Powerbook right now … maybe I should start one of those ‘I want something, and don’t have the cash, so I would like random anonymous people to give me cash for no other reason than friendship and altruism’ pages …

I can’t believe what I saw earlier today during an ad break in Stargate SG-1 on Sky One … an advert for iams, which is some healthy type food for cats. They actually had the phrase “reduces the signs of aging on your cats teeth by over 28%.” Um, I can understand phrases like “reduces…

As most people with their own web servers do, I run stats analysis packages over my logs to see which sites are most popular, which pages are getting hit the most, what browsers people use, and where people are clicking on links to my site — these specific stats are called the referrer (or “referer”,…

Looks like Jerry Goldsmith is doing a quick tour in March and May, doing two concerts in Japan (one in Yokohama, the other in Tokyo), two concerts in London (scroll down to March 19th), then wrapping up with three in Barcelona in May. Anyone who knows anything about soundtracks will recognise the name. Jerry is…

Usual lack-of-blogging catchup moment: changed website to a light grey background — should make things easier to read started using the creative commons license on everything here — basically says if you want to copy or use anything here, please don’t modify it, and please attribute it. finally managed to blag the Jackass movie soundtrack…

It’s that time again … time for the King William’s College General Knowledge Paper, aka the King William’s Quiz. The Grauniad features this every year, and it’s become a recurring feature on Telsa Gwynne‘s blog too, as she and her friends try and Google their way out of a seriously tricky paper bag. With evil…

Mushi mushi, haven vous El Merry Chrimboid und einen Festivio Noo Jahren, uber vous les booze und roasted peanuts!

“AOL wins instant messaging case“, cried BBC News last night. Basically, AOL has been granted a patent on instant messaging systems, which covers “anything resembling a network that lets multiple instant messaging (IM) users see when other people are present and then communicate with them” … Hmmm, I was doing this on a Linux box…

I had been randomly browsing mtv.com while taking a break from some coding, and I stumbled across a news article, saying that Mary Hansen was killed “after being struck by a car while riding her bicycle”. She was the 36 year old keyboardist and vocalist for Stereolab. Originally from Queensland, Mary joined Stereolab in 1992,…