Tyres are very expensive. I've been searching for some new ones (225/452R17 91W) and so far the best price I've managed is around ?70 for a make called "Barum" which I've never heard of. Most of the name brands come in at around ?120 per tyre. Last time I …

Or technically last week. The button isn't up yet but if you have some old SPARC/Solaris applications and are running Solaris on x86 hardware you may want to try our beta.

My house has become Our house again as Fliss has moved in with me in Manchester.

The move itself went quite well although having to get up at 6.30am so we could load the TV into the van and leave before being parked in the bus lane incurred a …

The results of the weekend have left an interesting quarter final line-up. This of course means the Australia vs England match is right at the time we hopefully arrive in Manchester with a van full of Fliss' stuff for her move North. If we get unpacked fast enough we may …

Mark and Helen came around to support England on wide-o-vision. I was quite happy with the result although I'm sure we are going to have to play a lot better in the next game.