What would you do with all those redundant nuclear attack subs that are kicking around these days?
Well, if you're the Kentucky Legislature, you might consider using them to sink casinos in the Ohio river.
No, they're serious.

David Coursey's lastest column on ZDNet. Looks like he's converted - to the point of being slightly embarassing to fellow Mac users. Come on, it's only a bloody computer!

Toynbee ideas in Kubrick's 2001 resurrect dead on planet Jupiter. Eh?

One reason why nationa ID cards and magnetic stripped drivers licenses are a really bad thing to introduce into the UK.

Blimey. I've just been offered a job as features ed on a sailing magazine. I've only gone and accepted it, too. Crikey! Feeling a bit shellshocked. But must snap out of it; have feature to rewrite before tomorrow....

Trying to configure Sendmail as a long time Mac user makes me feel like an aomeba eating a peach - I know it's big, I just have no idea how big. or whether it'll tip over and crush me.
And this from someone who first used pmail to send email across JANET. Amazing how quickly you forget, isn't it? Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go and wrestle with Pico...

Chris wrote a nice piece on Publish On Demand in the grauniad...

Stink different...
"We were working on a way to make an aquarium with the bong inside it so that the person taking the hit could watch the fish," Agapornis explained, "but the aquarium took up too much room."

Don't try this at home, kids.

The wonders of Google translation: CeBIT: Ballmer wakes "urine-stank" to the industry

Some stunning pics of the WTC memorial in New York.

Oh no! StimpSoft™ is gone. I'll miss all that wonderful software...

Holy Cow! William Shatner has a Weblog!
I thought I'd taken LSD by mistake, but then anyone who has listened to Shatner's version of Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds occasionally has a really bad flashback.

This one registered about eleven on the weird-stuff-o-meter. Charles in a loincloth? Surely not...

The New York Times takes a look at those not-so-old new tech magazines.
Why did Industry Standard have to pop it's clogs when Red Herring survived? I couldn't help feeling slightly greased when reading the Herring...

Michael Wolff's column has some interesting things to say this week about business reporting. Thank god someone has had the nuts to stand up and talk about it.

Alas, poor Ibis Cycles. Chapter 7 bankruptcy sounds painful. I'm sure Chuck Ibis will return, but in the meantime, another excellent small framebuilder bites the dust.
I once got to ride a Bow Ti for a bit. back then, 5" of rear wheel travel was unheard of on XC bikes. I couldn't twist the frame, and I would have killed to own one. But nearly four grand for a frame only is a hell of a lot of cash...

They say the camera adds several pounds. In my case it looks like it added about 50. More (hopefully flattering) pics as and when they're developed.
Ahhh. Back home after a wonderful week in Spain - 150 miles or thereabouts, according to the speedo, and we also managed to squeeze in a visit to the Alhambra in Granada on our rest day.
The Alhambra is stunning - definitely one for a visit. The bit I went to see was the water staircase, but this paled into insignificance compared to the rest of the site.
Oh, and the palace is pretty cool if you're a maths geek, as well.