This just in….Vista dialog causes widespread cerebral meltdown Go figure :0)

Just been sent in a phishing attempt, quite nicely done. Well crafted and linked back to the actual lloyds bank site Main aim is to get you to punch in your user name and password and memorable answers which it then submits to a couple of email accounts. THESE EMAIL ACCOUNTS mailto:lom.data@web2mail.com mailto:lom.data@gmail.com Please feel [...]

I’ll bet very few of you out there will have heard of ‘enum’ other than in coding terms as in ‘enumerating’ over a collection or array. Well I’m stating for the record now, in a very few short years it’ll be the glue that binds you to your ‘Uniform Resource Identifier’ or URI. At the [...]

When you’re unhappy about something why are you said to “disgruntled” ? Shouldn’t you be “gruntled” instead ? In the same way you talk someone out of an idea, you “disabuse” them of the notion. Hmmm..needs more thought that one I think !

So do you know why the financial markets are currently in turmoil ? Do you understand what a CDO is or how it’s been used in the traditional mortgage market ? All people see on TV are the soundbite voxpops from the man in the street….”it’s gunna make it harder to pay off your credit [...]

As if further proof were needed…in the annals of history how many men and women have presented themselves half-cut to ‘get ink’ ? And how many go wrong wrong wrong !!! This is a shame but one can’t help a degree of schadenfreude ! You really ought not to laugh…much ;0)

Oh lordy…two days in london. Got home last night and awoke this morning with a scratchy throat, enlarged glands (ooer !) and feeling distinctly shivery. Not good…and of course if it’s a bug I’ve no intention of going home and passing it on to the family. bugger bugger bugger bugger

Brief morning browse of my faves from my hotel room in London brought me to elReg and this little beauty. “With a total of 72 processors, 48 GB memory, and 3 PCIexpress ports, the Catapult draws less than 200 watts of power and fits in standard PC chassis.” Blinkin’ flip ! All this for $15k [...]