There is one thing that I cannot stand (ok, there are plenty I admit!), but one of them is tabloid journalism. I mean, over the weekend, the Schumacher brothers showed what I, and everyone I’ve spoken to, along with everyone in the Formula One world, think was extradonary bravery, dedication and professionalism in deciding to [...]
Browsing Posts published in April, 2003
I see Karlin Lillington has thrown together some very good information about Data Retention on her site, which is well worth a read. I haven’t got around to reading it all yet, but it’s currently being printed for the train trip home!
Found a nice wee site last night with pictures and maps of Steph’s home town Milton of Campsie which is nice to see. Must get around to throwing together something like this for my home town too!
It seems I wasn’t the only one watching the documentary on the Millionaire cheats last night. According to The Guardian the show attracted a record TV audience of ~17 million people, or ~56% of the available TV audience
The latest issue of The SAGE (The Systems Administrators Guild) newsletter is out. Topics covered include: * Careers: SAGE/SANS/BigAdmin Salary Survey Continues * Security: Who you gonna call? * Security: Not the aliens you were looking for (SETI@home flaw) * Primer: Getting started w/MRTG * Security: You mean the blackbox in Sneakers was a lie? [...]
Well, got the flight’s booked for the weekend in Glasgow now, prices seem to have gone up since I was last there! Ah well, it’s going to be worth it! Speaking of flight’s, one of the lads here is currently looking around aerlingus.com and ryanair.com for flight’s for the May Bank Holiday weekend to anywhere [...]
I’ve just been watching the documentary on ITV about Major Ingram and co. and how they ‘cheated’ their way to the jackpot on “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire” and I have to say that although I admit that the documentart may have been a slightly biased in favour of the show, the evidence is [...]
Found a very funny story today about what a wonderful place the internet can be from time to time. Madonna decided to take it upon herself to give out about people ripping her music and posting it on the web via her website, and within a few hours someone had hacked her site and put [...]
I’ve just found a fascinating way to pass time, and that is to read through the CIA World Factbook which is just full of information about every country in the world, and well worth a read if you have any spare time
The search for tickets for the Monaco Grand Prix has begun, and already I’m not impressed, A) They are well bloody expensive and B) They are bloody hard to come by, most are sold out already! If anyone has any experience of getting tickets for Monaco, let me know please.
