I noticed a lot of duplicate stories in my "technews" RSS feed this morning. The were all coming from the Digg, the social-network story posting site. What had evidently happened was one of the processing keys for decrypting AACS "protected" HD-DVDs has been posted to the 'net. Digg received a …

In what seems in danger of becoming a regular annual seaside jaunt I've spent a long weekend in Whitby, ostensibly for the Whitby Goth Festival. In reality it's more of an excuse for visiting the fresh air of the sea side, mingling it with some drinks and spending time with …

I'm such an easy target for sales people. Part of the requirements laid down by my friends for this years Whitby is I get some proper black boots. So this lunchtime I dutifully ambled down to the Army Surplus store on Tibb Street to purchase some second hand army boots …

I brought a new pair of shoes yesterday. As with the last pair I went to Up and Running. Previously my gait was analysed by a nice lady on her hands and knees staring at me from behind. They now have a digital camera hooked up to the PC with …

I went down to Nottingham on Saturday for Cheryl's party. As it's also my brothers hometown it gave me a chance to catch up with him. After a little discussion about CSS and website styling we headed down (or rather up the steep hill) to the party. The party was …