Finally a non-technical post, although less about my life and more of a comment on the world.

I feel as though I'm on fairly safe ground saying most of my readers have been hungover. It would still be a fairly safe bet to say most people have been hungover many …

I went to the pub last night with some of the ex-Transitive crew who have migrated south. It was a fun night of over the top geekery of the kind you only really get when people like to discuss processor architectures and the pros and cons of various language standards …

As the sun rises on a clear blue boxing day morning my body ponders what to do with the excess calories of yesterdays toughing. After so many years of the Bennee clan together with occasional grand-parental input we are now entering a new phase of the Christmas dynamic as the …

I can't quite believe the amount of hot air expended on the latest "revelation" that some Lib Dem MPs don't quite like some Tories in government. It's on a par with the "news" regarding Ursidae and woodland defecation. About the only news worthy piece from the Telegraph's sting operation was …

When the weather outside is so cold the mains water supply is coming in close to freezing you certainly notice when the boiler stops heating your water. At first I thought it was just cutting out do to over-pressure in the heating system (having topped it up previously). However on …