A large woodpecker thought to be extinct for sixty years has been found living in the “Big Woods” section of eastern Arkansas. I crack me up. Ok, here’s the right link: Ivory Billed Woodpecker

I bought my first soldering iron and multimeter by mail-order from Maplin when I was about 16 (1984) to build some add-ons for my ZX Spectrum. None of my creations ever worked I still have the soldering iron. I finally … Continue reading →

Actually it’s a great tutorial on how to use Bloglines to track RSS feeds of peoples blogs. I have converted fully over to Bloglines for managing my feeds but they still have a lot of improving to do on the … Continue reading →

Who needs SOA or AOP when you have the far more interesting POSD: Politics-Oriented Software Development

Neat summary of the history of the O’Neill’s. No famous Conor’s sadly. http://www.araltas.com/features/oneill/

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Of the zillions of web-sites I access in an average week, only one is unusable with Firefox – the online banking one from the donkey’s over at Ulster Bank. Has someone not told them that even MS now recommend the … Continue reading →

“The Simpsons” is voted the best kids programme of all time. And someone just said that it’s the best TV show of all time. Ye know, they might be right. Nice to see “The Muppet Show” and “Danger Mouse” do … Continue reading →

My BMI is a disaster. I started on the road to reduction last thursday, but if I fail then it’s good to know this: Pleasantly Plump May be OK.

Yes, she definitely has Walls genes.Sib?al is as big a fan of broccoli as her Nana Rose.