March 27, 2003

I'm Featured in an OPL Article

Pocket Computers and Phones
OPL, the Psion stalwart of a simple high level programmign language, is slowly getting itself into a position where it can run on the new Symbian Smartphones. I'm doing my best to make this happen and you can read a good bit about how OPL is doing in this article...

March 20, 2003

Eilidh's 8 Month Check (by Vikki)

Family
Vikki writes... Eilidh had her 8 month check yesterday, and I was so glad it was with the usual health visitor who has known Eilidh all her life and knows that her low weight gain is just because she's small and not anything sinister....

March 19, 2003

Tony Blair:

Quote For The Day
"Even if there were legal authority to do so, removing Saddam through military action would require the insertion of ground troops on a massive scale - hundreds of thousands, as the British Chief of the Defence Staff, Sir Charles Guthrie, made clear this morning. Even then, there would be no...

March 18, 2003

Robin Cook:

Quote For The Day
"What has come to trouble me most over past weeks is the suspicion that if the hanging chads in Florida had gone the other way and Al Gore had been elected we would not now be about to commit British troops."...

March 15, 2003

Who Names Fruit !?!

Personal Thoughts and Messages
I really am confused. Who decided the names of fruits? Follow this logic as I try to sort out a shopping list for Asda....

March 12, 2003

De Niro - The Movie Links Game

Personal Thoughts and Messages
I got a happy fright on the tube last week. Two people opposite me were playing De Niro. This lovely little movie game was taught to me by Joe Keenan, and I think I should post it up here for other people to enjoy - and perhaps have an online...

March 09, 2003

Field Marshal Montgomery:

Quote For The Day
An article in one of last week's papers details a quote from 'Monty' as to his pre-requisites for war. I think they deserve repeating here....

March 03, 2003

Cbeebies Twilight Zone

Personal Thoughts and Messages
Imagine living in Groundhog Day. Except rather than every day repeating itself, it's every 4 hours that repeats itself. That's the horrible premise of Cbeebies, the Digital Channel for the very young from the BBC....