Murphy’s Law 1984: the more complete a backup/recovery solution becomes, the less likely it is to ever be used

With nearly half a century of experience using computers to run their business, Chris M’s company knew that law all too well. Ever since that fateful Wednesday — still known throughout the company as The Crash of ‘68 — they swore, Never Again. And forty years later, they’ve kept their promise.
Over the years, Chris’s [...]

Ubuntu Web Browsers – The good, the bad, the ..??

Well, I’ve been playing on my Ubuntu system for a while now. The one thing I wasn’t expecting to have was formatting problems when viewing web pages. Obviously I started with Firefox 2.0. This seems to cope with most sites, but every so often I come across a problem with the size of text [...]

Sienna Miller, Baftas and a Coke can

Seeing Sienna Miller in “that dress” at the Bafta’s tonight got me interested in what fan coverage she has. Well the article below from Weird Nations shows the extent in 2005. Did someone really buy her Coke can for £10,000 ??
Sienna Miller’s Coke Can Auction Date: 30-07-05
Finishing Price: £10,000.00
Auction Site: Ebay
Seller: gajones2002
Visitors: 5,700+

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PS3 v Wii – Bloater or sexy machine?

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Vibrator – Hello Kitty Sex Toy

So this little toy is available from Japan. With the  ”little girl” youth culture I suppose that this only a natural progression for the modern teen, or tweenage girl. However for me, a guy from the west with two daughters, this piece of fun plastic worries me. Why? Well with the pedo-porn industry is apparently very [...]

Google online web creator

 came across this from Newspapergirl. Nice idea, but is this a good thing or a bad thing?
http://newspapergrl.wordpress.com/2006/02/23/google-web-creator-in-beta/
Good Thing: More creative easy to use web creations
Bad Thing: More manipulation by global corporate egos.

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Red Headed Girl

And whilst we’re on the subject of things changing…
My eldest(8) died her hair red yesterday. Can we imagine this happening 10 years ago? or am I just living in an alternate reality. I mean I don’t mind, cause she had fun, it looks great and no harm done as it washes out in a couple [...]