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I’ve often wondered what the hoopla over the Apple iPod was about. Today I met an iPod. Stark, simple, tactile, functional. I’m not so sure on the menu interface yet, but beyond that it’s fairly brilliant. Simple smooth touches to the click-dial and things happen. It’s a tad sensitive for my massive fingers, but that’s…

One of the benefits of owning your own place is that you have control of your garden (if you have a garden). One of the drawbacks of … well, you can fill that in yourself 🙂 Yesterday, after getting in from a small tour of Devon (family gathering, 13 of us at a pub in…

I had just been remarking to a friend the other day about how stable my Force9 ADSL connection is. Silly me forgot to do all the usual superstitious stuff like knocking on wood when I said that. Wednesday last week, my line died at 9:22 A.M. Didn’t think much of it, I’m used to the…

I remember the view of the ocean from the back of the garden. I remember the smell of the ocean, fresh from Africa. I remember sitting on Mother Frog rock, trying to catch fish. I think I caught a wrasse. I remember wading out with Gary and his father on the reef to a deep…