It is 9.00am and I'm in the office at work. "What!" I hear you gasp, "what have you done with the real Alex?". Unfortunately this isn't part of a new working schedule but due to me pulling a muscle in my back while at work yesterday evening. I couldn't …

Today's Penny Arcade pretty much nails a lot of the feelings I have about MMORPG's. I think it is worth reading Tyco's commentary as well.

While we are on the subject of monetising online services it was refreshing to see this article on the BBC talking people realising the limitations …

I have returned from the Whitby weekend. I enjoyed it a lot although it was a lot more chilled compared to last November. The weather behaved itself and it was nice getting about and chatting to people. I did a little experimentation with hair styles, a short run, and brought …

I'm all packed for Whitby and am just waiting for the rest of the household to catch up before driving up. I've decided against taking the Frock Coat again because it is very impractical and hot. As a result this weekend I shall be mainly going for the Cyber look …

I've just been playing with Google's new local search and map service. However I didn't realise until today you could get access to a load of their services via SMS instead of using fiddling about with WAP. The killer app of course is being able to query Froogle while in …