Kill, Murder, Destroy

Posted on Mon 21 November 2005 in geek

One little addendum to the last post. When I got back I did find the left hand wing mirror on my car had been smashed off. This was on the pavement side so it was obviously deliberately vandalised. Must. Fight. Scally. Killing. Urge...


The Weekend, In Review

Posted on Mon 21 November 2005 in general

My first visit to London in a long time was a very pleasant affair. I think the last time I went down to London was for the Millennium Dome experience. The experience that time left me wondering what an earth the capital had to offer for me since I migrated …


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Rhetorical Question?

Posted on Fri 18 November 2005 in geek

So I'm one velvet jacket up and I may end up buying shoes tomorow because apparently you need more than one pair. Strange days indeed.

I caught young Mr Cameron being grilled my Mr Paxman this evening. How do you think he did?


Hypocrisy

Posted on Thu 17 November 2005 in geek

So following the latest developments and it looks like Sony violate the GPL (as well as the LGPL) in their XCP root kit. So what is the message they are sending out? "We'll screw your machine to stop you copying our CD's, but we don't respect the copyright of other …


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Two for the Blogs

Posted on Wed 16 November 2005 in general

As I'm catching up with the news between compiles I noticed two stories that I was first aware of through the Blogsphere. The first was a follow up to something I've mentioned before. It seems that Sony are recalling their XCP copy protection discs. The second was regarding the use …


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