Now here is an interesting news titbit.  I always understood that Germans are generally pretty efficient people.  The Telegraph has reported on a story that really takes it a step or two further: Post office goes by rules and delivers Hitler card By Kate Connolly in Berlin(Filed: 11/02/2005) The German post office has displayed its…

Last night was an experience.  G and I went off to a relatively new restaurant called "The Colour Bar".  It is part of a very funky complex called "The Mills" in Newtown.  There was an article on this development in August 2004 in the Sunday Times.  This is a little bit of what they had…

It looks like people from all over are being laid off because of their blogs: I got this one from The Joy of Tech!, thanks Michael.

I am really looking forward to this episode of CSI with Wil Wheaton.  It sounds really intriguing and after not having seen him in anything but Star Trek so many years ago, I am also keen to see how he acts in ‘normal’ shows.  On another level, this appearance is going to be the merger…

I did something silly yesterday afternoon.  I went on a bit of a buying spree and, in addition to Logitech speakers to replace the pair I blew, I bought a 256MB RS-MMC for my Nokia 6630.  The only problem is that my phone doesn’t pick up the card at all.  I returned it to the…

This one is an old favourite and always gives me a good giggle, thanks mom! Speaking of cows, there is a travelling exhibition of painted cows called "Cow Parade" which is currently here in South Africa. Basically what happens is that artists are presented with identical white cows (well, statues of cows) and these artists…

I am still working through the Moleskinerie archives (I haven’t spent much time on that so I am still working through July 2004).  I have just come across a post by Gary Varner of Inkmusings who wrote the following: Whenever any of us face an obstacle or a detour in life, it’s good to try…

It seems the judges do it in open court in Oklahoma City.  IOL has posted an interesting article titled "It was a case of ‘all rise’ for this judge…" – Oklahoma City – Jurors and officials in Judge Donald Thompson’s courtroom kept hearing a strange whooshing noise, like a bicycle pump or a blood pressure…