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Whatever happened to ‘having it off’ as a euphemism for sexual intercourse? As a child there was nothing more guaranteed to induce fits of uncontrollable sniggering than someone using the phrase, especially innocently. The phrase “I’m having next Friday off” … Continue reading →

I just spent a rather odd day in Germany. You’d expect with the World Cup just round the corner that you’d find the country in the grip of World Cup fever, German flags flying from every shop window and car … Continue reading →

Apple are making it hard for me to love them at the moment. I’ve been spending a huge amount of time fixing up my mother-in-law’s Bondi Blue iMac; decided early on to cut my losses and wipe the hard drive … Continue reading →

Hoppipola by Sigur Ros is a great song. I kept meaning to get the album it’s on. But then I keep hearing it on TV. It was on all the ads for Planet Earth on BBC1. I turned on the … Continue reading →

We need another computer, but can’t afford one right now. So I thought I’d try and make use of an old laptop that was going spare – a Toshiba Tecra 8000. It had Windows98 on it, but was so slow … Continue reading →