My new printer has its own email address. I for one welcome our new overlords.

I finished Bad Science. It's worth a read despite Goldacre's sixth-form prose.

Annoying problem with Microsoft Outlook 2007 syncing with Gmail solved by uninstalling AVG 2011. Probably forever.

Reading contracts and RFPs . Still, I learned a new word today: attorn

Trying to finish Bad Science but Goldacre writes like a spotty swot who needs a damn good wedgie

Another small step toward the grave for a once-great party http://j.mp/ciomMq

A note of realism on the news from Bangalore: Australia are still odds-on for The Ashes. But I wonder who their captain will be? cricket

A point upgrade of VMware Player needs *two* reboots? You're having a laugh.

John Kay is clearly reading @sig's blog: Barbarians at the gates of complexity http://j.mp/9yqK9g

My cats are glaring at me. They blame me for the rain.

Michael Lewis: "One of the side effects of [the] crisis is to wash a lot of fools, many of them German, out of the game" http://j.mp/a5EXzE

The big news is that Lefty plays ping pong *right-handed* http://yfrog.com/jcrppuj

GeekNet bought Ohloh for $2.6m a year ago. How much did Black Duck pay for it?

I am safe. Either Europe win (yay!) or it's 14-14 and I am quids in (yay!)

Just back from a fantastic meal cooked by the lovely @jose_pizarro. Nice way to end a great weekend