Hmm, my normally highly reliable cable broadband connection has been playing silly beggars since lunchtime, and now suddenly I have a new IP address. Co-incidence?
So, goodbye 82.41.57.20 which has been my faithful companion for the past five years or so, and hello 92.235.187.79. And thank you ddclient for making the transition painless..

They say that good news (and bad news) always comes in threes. Well, at OpenOffice.org this is “the year of 3″, with our next major release - OpenOffice.org 3.0 - scheduled for release in the autumn. That’s good news for the tens of millions of users we expect to upgrade.
However, I’ve also just taken delivery […]

I’ve now been using my Asus Eee PC as my principle desktop for three or four weeks - time for the novelty value of this cute little machine to wear off. What’s the verdict?

Booting up in seconds is great
I’ve got used to the Xandros simplified interface - it makes sense, although I do miss […]

BECTA is a UK government agency set up to promote the efficient and effective use of ICT in education: advising government; co-ordinating ICT in eduction; conducting research; and running delivery programmes. As an independent body with the ear of government, its advice is taken seriously far wider than its direct target of the education sector.
So, […]

Dogs and wet concrete do not go happily together

Neo-Darwinism, “Young Earth” and “Old Earth” Creationism, Intelligent Design, and Intelligent Creation.

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