I discovered an innovative anti-spam tool today while browsing SourceForge. It’s called Spamgourmet and at no cost it’s worth every second it takes to register. From the web site: If you give your email address to everyone, you are bound to receive spam emails, and you won’t know where they came from. Wouldn’t it be [...]
Sex and the campaign
My election campaign steamed up this week, quite literally. Juliet pointed out accusingly this afternoon that my 8cm classified in the local paper appears underneath heavy bold type, which says: LIVE SEX SHOWS AND LIVE STRIP SHOWS Can anyone hazard a guess on the electoral implications of this juxtaposition? My ad is also surrounded by [...]
Comment on idealists
I’ve been reading a lot lately. So much that I haven’t had time to write any book reviews here! I’ll get around to commenting soon on Scottish author Christopher Brookmyre. He’s an interesting character. I’m currently reading “In the Moon of Red Ponies” by James Lee Burke. The Daily Mail described Burke as the “most [...]
Online bookmarks
I switch between Windows, Kanotix and various live Linux CDs on my home computer. It’s something of a hobby to try different systems. One downside is that I have to set up Firefox with plugins and bookmarks each time I use a new system. A solution I should have discovered earlier is to save my [...]
Vocabulary expands
The twins will be 20 months old on Tuesday. Here is the full list of their current vocabulary: mum, dad, dude, leen, dog, snowy, stevie, ouch (pronounced ow), oh oh, poo, wee, pie, more, ta, bowl, teddy, moo, mine, bickie, bird, dodo, bob, water (walla), bottle (boll), claudia, bubba, nose, no, juice, belly, boobs (beebee), [...]
