Mouse
Finally got a desk for the laptop to go on last weekend, which meant that I could get a mouse at long last too – after all, there isn’t much point in having on if the thing is on your…
Dave Briggs
An online notebook
Dave Briggs
An online notebook
Dave
Upgrade
Am upgrading to version 1.5.1.3 of WordPress at the moment, so sorry if anyone encounters any bother…
Adam Curry Interview
Interesting interview with Adams Curry just posted on Naked Conversations: Interview: Adam Curry
One blog created ‘every second’
From the BBC: The blogosphere is continuing to grow, with a weblog created every second, according to blog trackers Technorati. In its latest State of the Blogosphere report, it said the number of blogs it was tracking now stood at…
William Golding
Great quote from William Golding just popped up on ‘Quote of the Day’ on my customised Google homepage: Life isn’t fair. It’s just fairer than death, that’s all.
Steve Bell on the IRA Announcement
A Good Day to Die – Simon Kernick
A Good Day to Die is Kernick‘s fourth book, and it brings back the anti-hero of the first, disgraced ex-copper Dennis Milne. (Clicking the book cover takes you to Amazon – the commission helps fund Palimpsest) Kernick’s books are a…
BBC Podcasts
The BBC are running a trial offering some of their radio programmes as downloads, effectively making them podcasts. Might give this a go for some of the more interesting stuff. Mark Kermode‘s film reviews might well become a regular listen.
Palimpsest Book Group
Palimpsest has a book group, discussing books read by all the members in a topic on the forum. It has worked really well in the past, but recently has fallen behind a little. To try and perk things up a…
Personalised Google
Go to a personaliseable (!) version of Google at www.google.com It’s actually pretty good. You have to log in with your Google ID and password, for example your gmail username, and you can set out various bits of info to…