Just had a very hairy thirty seconds - for a moment I thought that my ENTIRE mail database had upped and deleted itself for no reason. Luckily, it was just Mail having a hiccup - restarted the program and all is happy again. Don’t think that just because it is a Mac, you’re not going [...]

I’d like to remind you all that there are just two days left to Name That Penguin!
I’d also like to urge any of you who haven’t already to contribute their three names, to do so!
I want the Bright Meadow penguin to have the best name possible, and that means having a top-notch selection for you [...]

I just installed Askimet - for some reason the past week has been spam-tastic, and I am fed up with nuking fake comments (most of them said really nice things as well!), but I don’t want to make it harder for legitimate people like yourselves to comment.
Anyway, I’m expecting there to be a bug or [...]

There are a number of things I missed out on for one reason or another whilst I was growing up. Number one on the list used to be the correct application of makeup. Due to much practice and surreptitiously observing how it should be done, I’ve more or less cracked it (eye makeup that [...]

I have been scouring the ‘Net this week to bring you a select few items for your browsing pleasure:
Yes, this is a rabbit, even though it looks like… oh, I don’t know what it looks like, but it sure don’t look like a rabbit!
More evidence (if we needed it) as to the power of tight-leather-clad [...]

I’ve noticed a curious phenomena - when I read in bed I have warm feet and am rarely cold. But as soon as I stop reading and turn out the light, I get cold. Is there any rational explanation for this, or am I just unusually odd?

Well it’s a good job I’ve got no plans to be snogging anyone any time soon. I just managed to burn my lower lip on a courgette (that’s a zucchini to you non-British people). Yes, I am that much of a clutz. Took a piece out of the steamer to check it was cooked and… [...]

As has been covered in a previous discourse, the naming of things is important. As with my toilet rolls that are, in fact pink, despite being called ‘lilac’ on the packaging, when something has the wrong name it can be misleading and confusing.
Think how awful it is then, when something has no name at all!
Many [...]

Why is fruit so heavy? Just got back from the shops with this weeks groceries - I swear the bags weighed twice as much as usual thanks to all the bloody fruit I’m now buying. Consequence - the five minute walk home took ten, and my arms feel like they’ve been the victim of some [...]

Why is Firefox determined to open on my right screen (the 12″ PowerBook screen), and not the left screen (the 15″ LCD)? It used to remember that I liked it open full screen on the left. The last couple of days however, it’s been determined to open on the right. Grrr. Bloody firefox.