Far Beyond the Edge of Reason

Well, so much for sticking with Wordpress.com! I've stumped up for paid hosting and set up a new Wordpress blog at here , on the domain ...

I've decided that Blogger no longer meets my needs for this blog, so I've made the decision to switch to a hosted Wordpress account....

Today I took the exam for my CIW Database Design Specialist course, and I'm pleased to say that I passed with flying colours! I find it ...

As you may be aware, election time is looming in the UK. As someone who considers themselves old-school Labour (as opposed to Tony Blair...

As you may be aware, I recently started moderating comments as I've had problems with spammers in the past. I felt it might be helpful t...

For a while now I've been considering setting up a website on my own domain name, as this would provide an excellent way of showcasing m...

I've had my Dell Inspiron since 2004, and it's worked very, very well for me (it's still going strong), but I can't deny tha...

OK, this subject has been done to death, but Internet Explorer 6 needs to die. It's old, it's dated, it's insecure, it's not...

Due to spamming, I've reluctantly decided to start moderating comments on this blog. I don't want to do so, and regret having to tak...

It's weird that Unix is often regarded as something old and dated, often by consultants trying to sell you on Windows. Often they'll...

One thing that really bugs me is how anal many people are about the English language. Last year I had to deal with a case at work where some...

On Sunday I decided to boot up my two-and-a-half year old Philips X58, which came originally with Windows Vista, but now dual-boots the tria...

Just wanted to voice my support for the campaign to get 'Killing In The Name' by Rage Against The Machine to the 2009 Christmas numb...

It can be quite hard to tell whether your programming skills are up to scratch if you're not doing so professionally or otherwise produc...

The other day I signed up for Google Wave, and I've now been sent a load of invites. I've tried to give them away on Twitter but no-...