Gaim now Pidgin

Paul Stamatiou points out that Gaim, the open source and multi-protocol instant messaging client, is now going to be known as ‘Pidgin’. Sigh.

Homepage change

Those of you who visit this site by the main URL, , will have noticed a different layout to the homepage. Rather than jumping straight to the blog, I’ve installed a static home page, with the blog entries a mere…

Cost cutting, and welcome home!

Welcome to my wordpress.com blog! I’ve basically decided to cut right down on my web expenditure. Having the vebrig.gs domain was fun, but the renewal was going to cost £35, and the bill for my hosting is due next month…

Valleywag on Second Life

I’m a Second Life sceptic. Plenty of other people are too, like the author of this Valleywag piece. Interesting stuff in the comments, too. So what accounts for the current press interest in Second Life? I have a few ideas,…

Education LGSearch?

You might wonder why I haven’t put education sites into LGSearch. Well, the reason is that someone else already has done, and I’m not in the business of thunder stealing. The new links page at LGSearch reveals all. At the…

Second Life Opens Up

Popular online world, Second Life, is entering into the world of open source, by releasing the code to the client application that allows users to access it. Says the Second Life blog, in a post entitled ‘Embracing the Inevitable’: At…

Recent Photos

Just had the chance to get some new photos up on my Flickr account. Here’s a view of the flooding we had in Llansantffraid earlier this month: This is St. Bridget’s church in the village (Llansantffraid means ‘Church of St.…