Caveat Emptor (let the buyer beware)

The BBC published an article on Thursday 3 November, Sony slated over anti-piracy CD, detailing Sony's use of "rootkit" software to install a copy-protection program deep in the Windows OS.  An article in Information Week urges employers to protect themselves from this Sony software,

Beaver

Beavers in 'wild' after centuries. Beavers have been reintroduced to England, 500 years after they were hunted to extinction for their fur.  Six European beavers have been released at Lower Mill Estate near South Cerney, and are destined to be the first to roam wild in England for

Recipe: Steak and Ale Pie

This is a good English pie.  Tastes wonderful! Steak and Ale Pie * 1 frozen pie crust * 0.5 to 0.75 pounds of steak (stir fry steak works well) * 1.5 cups of Newcastle Brown Ale (or other dark ale of your choice) * 1 dessert spoon of Bisto gravy granules

13,200

Hoo boy!  Over a quarter of the way in.  Hubby promised chocolate if I made 10,000 on Friday, which I did.  Even got some knitting in today.  Worked on the tiger sock for a while after hitting my goal for the day. I'm a little brain-fried,

Guy Fawkes Night

If Guy Fawkes had succeeded. Four hundred years ago the gunpowder plotters hoped to change the world by blowing up parliament and killing the king. Had they succeeded, what effect would this have had - and would today's UK be any different?  With 36 barrels of gunpowder stacked directly

Writing tools

I switched to Apple Pages for my novel.  Most of my notes were in a handful of HTML files, rather than the database on Jer's NovelWriter.  It's a good program, but Pages is working better for me. Right now I'm loving the "page

Vampire attacks

Rabid vampire bats kill in Brazil. Health authorities in northern Brazil are trying to cope with a wave of attacks on humans by vampire bats infected with the deadly rabies virus. Rabies caused by bat bites has killed 23 people in the last two months.  It is not the first

Off and wandering

Hubby stayed up late and started at midnight.  I started at lunchtime.  My normal backpack has been traded for the laptop bag and my thumb drive will be a constant companion.  Got to feed the wordcount beast. National Novel Writing Month has begun, 50,000 words in 30 days. Found

Tidying up

Went through the stash box yesterday and picked out the stuff I'm never going to use.  Some is earmarked for friends, the rest, I don't know.  Anyone interested in a random grab bag of yarn for a few bucks?  Got a ball of brown Sockotta, two

Writing exercise

Word Play from Pretend Writer on LiveJournal. Write a piece that contains the following words: 1. long 2. button 3. light 4. quick 5. soar 6. angst 7. leather 8. basket 9. cat 10. ready 11. split He was taking too long.  The instructor was supposed to be out by