My old laptop is in the process of giving up the ghost and so I have succumbed to the dark side and got an Mac Book Pro. So what software should I get for it? Parallels seems an obvious choice and I'll stick with open office for now but what else should I be picking up?

Happy Birthday to my wonderful wife
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I recently read Churchill's Wizard's: The British Genius for Deception, 1914-1945, which I found an interesting and enjoyable read.  I should note in passing that my father, who maintains he has never done anything interesting in his life, was part of R Force which is covered by the book ( Read more... )

Does anyone have a barcode scanner I could borrow for a couple of weeks?  I know this is not exactly a standard household item but many of my friends are not exactly standard households.

ETA: Sorted, a work colleague of my better half has one.

In my opinion the BNP are fascists.  However Nick Griffin is entitled to go about his business without being assaulted the same as anyone else is.  The point is we are better than he is and when we forget that he wins.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8091605.stm

I am proposing Saturday the 15th of August as a date for holding a Guerrilla Picnic.  So for those of you interested that would mean being in the grounds of Southwark Cathedral by Borough market by about 11 AM ( Read more... )

According to my records we are currently free the following dates ( Read more... )

...you turn up unexpectedly on their doorstep and their reaction is "What am I feeding them?" rather than "What are they doing here?"

I hope everyone else had a good weekend too.

I know it is difficult to believe that the moronic knuckle draggers that make up the BNP could do something which makes them look even dumbers than usual but they have managed it ( Read more... )

Does anyone have my copies of the Watchmen graphic novel, the first volume of Girl Genius or the Two Georges? I don't recall seeing them since we moved house. Either I have managed to lend them out and forget or I have lost them.