Frivolous

Firstly apologies for my recent silence - but my household has not been well this past month or so. I have a teen doing his As with glandular fever and then I got the flu big time … but I’m back to my sporadic postings.
For the last three years Bruce Schneier has run a movie [...]

[tags]Alton Towers, adrenalin, coke[/tags]
As part of our visit as many Uni’s as possible to narrow down the choices, the eldest and I have just returned from an 8 day road trip. Part of it involved going to Alton Towers and it was the best day ever.
Weather man said rain (it didn’t), school kids were [...]

[tags]paper plane, time wasting,[/tags]
As the title states - this is one of those sites that rates as being a total waste of time but immensely addictive and enjoyable. if you are looking to waste some time, then you could do worse than trying The Paper Plane Simulator.
Go on, give it a go and report your [...]

Turns out I’m a .DOC file extension - go figure.

Which File Extension are You?
[tags]file, extension[/tags]

Or so said the ten or so year old lad when he overheard me talking to my children recently.
Let me take a step backwards - as a family we recently visited the Science Museum in London and I simply love going there. One of my earliest memories and pictures is of my grandfather holding me [...]

I’ve just read this article and I wanted to reply in a similar vein and defend the country of my birth.
But then, I thought, why bother when I can fit my reply into one name… George W. Bush.
**GRIN**
[tags]nationalism, political debate[/tags]

I note from El Reg that Apple is now selling refurbished iPhones.
I know there are several reasons why one might sell a unit as a refurb, but my first suspicion is always “what was wrong with it?” and my second thought is “how bad must they be to already have refurbs on offer?”
Or am [...]

[tags]eCrime, e-Crime, government, residents, porn[/tags]
I like The Register as they can always be trusted to enliven what can be seen as a dull subject matter but even they have their moments of seriousness. One such from yesterday is their reporting on Australia’s war on internet porn.
The one phrase that jumped out at me was “Countering [...]

[tags]fun, parenting, tips[/tags]
I loved this article and I’m sure it’s been around a while but I hadn’t seen it before. Also the follow up article once you are a parent.

There’s an old saying - at least in my part of the world and family that goes something like “It’s a small world and it’s getting smaller all the time.”
Well I’m on my holidays and have taken an hour away from my family to catch up with some eMails (could I live without this? [...]