At the beginning of this year, I completed a large number of illustrations for a new BBC Scotland Education site that explores the landscape and features of the Scottish Highlands and Islands. The BBC Scotland Landscapes site has now been launched, and the activities and games are great fun, so please check it out. Congratulations [...]
I am an unashamed fan of Aussie soap Neighbours, but I have to wonder what is going on at the moment with all the doom and gloom? At the moment, we have Lou about to buy the farm in the Bush after losing his wife and all his money, Karl and Susuan Kennedy have split, [...]
Russ bought me a copy of The Last Samurai on DVD for my birthday, and I watched it last night for the first time (it is one of many “must see” films that I didn’t see at the cinema). Russ bought me it because he knows I like “all that Japanese sword waving and stuff”. [...]
Yesterday (Friday) was supposed to be a special day to celebrate my birthday (a day late, but hey, no work the next day). Elaine and I planned to have a nice meal and a few drinks at a nice local pub (The Holyhead to be exact – good food, and within easy walking distance). The [...]
Yes, its that time of year again. Another milestone passed on the road to oblivion. Yes, birthdays really cheer me up these days. You can tell, can’t you? You would think after so much practice, I would be used to them by now. A big thank you to everyone who send me cards, e-mails, messages [...]
Oh dear, oh dear. I made the mistake of going in to Alf England in Bedworth on Saturday. They have a nice array of the new Yamaha FZ6 Fazers in there, and I am afraid I fell instantly in lust with a pretty red one. Take a look at this bad girl and tell me [...]
A potentially serious security flaw has been identified in Mac OS X. The attack exploits a vulnerability in the Help Viewer application, and allows local scripts to be run just by visiting a web address, by using the help: protocol handler. The situation is made worse by the possibility of unwittingly downloading a disk image [...]
I have finally managed to get the best of the Team Artonomy portfolio uploaded. This means I can point the team-artonomy.com domain to the swanky new Dreamhost server. Woot!
Okay, I admit it, I am a geek. It has never really been in doubt, but now it is official. I have crossed the boundary for good, possibly never to return. The final step in my journey to geekdom came yesterday, when I wrote my first Unix shell script. Now the process of updating my [...]
Wincent Colaiuta has written a nice little article attacking the people trying to circumvent the FairPlay DRM that Apple uses for music downloaded from the iTunes Music Store. I can’t download songs from iTMS yet, as it is only available in the US, but as far as I can tell the “usage restrictions” imposed by [...]