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The 5 Real Reasons To Use Firefox 3

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Unless you have been living (a) under a stone, or (b) on a desert island for the last 6 months, you will be aware that Firefox 3 has slowly churned it’s way ...

Missing My Family

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I can’t sleep, and I’ve realised why. I miss my family… a lot.

The Great Hotel Adventure Day One

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At 7am my Palm organiser burst into life with a quiet electronic wailing that would perhaps have been quite loud for an ant. My ear - more accustomed to hear...

Temporary Home

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This is my home for the next several nights. It comes complete with a bed, a window looking out over a greenhouse full of flowers, a nice bath, a wardrobe, a...

Heading North

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No, I am not about to head off for Superman’s “Fortress of Solitude” - but in some ways you might argue that I am. At 4pm this afternoon I will leave home to...

Listing Books With Goodreads

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I just discovered Goodreads while looking at the list of services integrated into FriendFeed.

Kaspersky Sucks Big Donkey Balls

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After AVAST Antivirus announced several weeks ago that it’s license was about to run out on the Windows machine at home (which surprised me, because it was s...

Thinking About Programming

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At 6:30am this morning I found myself sat at a computer with an instant messaging window open, debugging PHP code for a friend on the west coast of America. ...

Music For A Friend

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While sat on an underground train early this morning half asleep with an iPod jammed into my ears, a song broke through the layers of idiocy and made me thin...