Not helped by being woken up in the middle of the night. Cohabiting with a TV junkie really has its downside sometimes *sigh*

Obviously, given the time between entries...
With my son seemingly determined to leave the rails big time and completely torpedo his chances of finishing his BTEC...
With the company being taken over (at least they can meet the payroll now) and working like crazy just to keep things running...
It's a wonder I can even think about anything at all ( Read more... )

A novel patent rejection (caution advised...)
http://www.boingboing.net/2006/09/11/uspto_encloses_10mb_.html

Old news now, but nice to see that my favourite former NME hack has still got his cultural chops!
http://www.newstatesman.com/200604240026

Hah! Big Blue sending itself up...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSqXKp-00hM
more stuff @ http://mainframe.typepad.com/blog/2006/08/mainframe_meets.html

Up at 6:00 on a Sunday morning - for work! - feh!
Still, it's what we ubergeeks get paid for.

For those of us of a certain age, this is a hoot!
http://www.alice.dryden.co.uk/ho_for_hoggwarts.htm#intro

A good day to not have to drive to Luton Airport methinks...

Not that I'm at all surprized:

http://www.monbiot.com/archives/2006/08/08/israels-attack-was-premeditated/#more-1000

And bet that Dubya is loving it - none of his boys getting shot at: client-state foreign policy strikes again!