Today sees yet another article on The Register about vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer allowing the installation of a particularly unpleasant bit of “spyware”. The application in question, installed on a fully patched and firewalled version of Windows XP without any interaction from the user, infested the entire system with links and pop-ups to porn sites. [...]
Well, what fantastic seasonal weather we are having here in the UK. In the last few days, I have seen high winds, heavy rain and low temperatures out of my office window. The Wimbledon officials must be crying into their strawberries. So, to the dipsticks whose response to the threat of Global Warming is “It [...]
Apple finally launched a European version of the iTunes Music Store (iTMS) yesterday. At the moment, it is only available in the UK, Germany, and France, with the rest of Europe expected to be covered by October of this year. You need a localised version of iTunes to access the store. I tried it out [...]
I have just added a small selection of sketches that I did back in 1997, when Russ and I first started formulating ideas for a childrens book. I have loads more sketches that I produced at the time, but as the book has yet to make it out of our heads and into the hands [...]
Because there are now so many images in my portfolio (current count is 160), I have now added a highlights page which contains links to sets of images that I think might be of interest to visitors. There are only 3 sets available at the moment, but I will be adding more when time allows. [...]
I managed to see the Transit of Venus yesterday. Very cool. Not every day you get to witness something not seen for 120 years. I projected an image of the Sun onto a piece of card using my battered old 8×30 binoculars, and it worked a treat. The weather was perfect, which helped of course. [...]
I have just updated the image browser to provide a new feature for anyone thinking of commissioning me, or if you would like to comment on specific images. If you see something in my artwork portfolio that you think matches the style or content you are interested in, just click the remember this image button. [...]
For those of you who give any credence to the Apollo Moon Landing hoax theorists, have a look at the information on this site. Enough said, really.