Month: June 2003


  • Yet another M$ move to combine IE as the only browser suitable for Windows users. They now plan even more integration with the Windows OS. So much in fact that […]

  • In an earlier posting I ranted about the proposed introduction of software patents. To follow up on this line here’s the viewpoint of the register on the same subject matter […]

  • Just upgraded my MovableType from 2.63 to 2.64 to combat the issues associated with the CSS bug and the XML-RPC issues also. Seamless upgrade and looking forward to more stable […]

  • Just read this nice little article by Joel Spolsky passed onto me by Mรญcheรกl ร“ Foghlรบ. It deals with the evolution of programming abstractions and how they have inadvertently made […]

  • It’s not Gnu!

    Well, this is a startling announcement that may change the way software is controlled from now on. Previously unable to patent software somebody has come up with a way around […]

  • Well, well it looks as though M$ have not only secured the biggest market share in history but now they have also included the biggest single deal in history by […]

  • Well back to the grindstone after a fantastic two weeks of travelling around South-Eastern Europe. Saw some fantastic places and sights and I can only hope now that the film […]

  • Well we managed to make it to Vienna and currently I am hooked up via my pda to a WiFi hotspot I found for free in Brauer Strasse ๐Ÿ™‚ Siรขn […]

  • Hoildays

    Holiday update!! Well I’m in Budapest at the moment with Siรขn (http://www.jbwan.com/bio.htm) So far we’ve been through Venice, Lake Bled (Slovenia) and Zagreb in Croatia. Can’t really say much about […]

  • Drop the blog

    Well I didn’t think that my lack of postings would result in such action by Google to consider dropping the indexing of blogs for the sole reason of a lack […]