The SPAM WAR email list of shame. The winner is The Rejected Ballot Paper Party. Never a better time to switch to Linux.

Tuesday, May 08, 2007. To highlight useful non-fiction books, for those willing to expand their skills set. Most are going to be PC related subjects I find interesting. Playing Now On The Tube.

Tuesday, May 08, 2007. Technically not an extension, but a background skill which will come in useful for changing the default settings in some extensions, or recovering if you suddenly lose one. Like other browsers Firefox has some toolbars which can be customized to your needs. Many toolbars are thinly disguised spyware, but some are very useful and reputable. By default there are three. Back, Forward, Refresh, Stop, Home and the URL box.

Saturday, May 12, 2007. So Microsoft have finally launched the much delayed, much lambasted successor to XP Pro on the general public; who on the whole feel betrayed.

Thursday, May 10, 2007. The Long Dark Tea-Time Of The Soul by Douglas Adams. The trouble with the sort of shop that sells things like magnifying glasses and penknives is that they tend also to sell all kinds of other fascinating things, like the quite extraordinary device with which Dirk eventually emerged after having been hopelessly unable to decide between the knife with the built-in Philips screwdriver, toothpick and ball-point pen and the one with the 13-tooth gristle saw and the tig- welded rivets.

Monday, May 14, 2007. and yes, that IS the multi-talented Mike Oldfield playing every instrument. Sunday, May 13, 2007. Thursday, May 10, 2007. A Mark King bass guitar solo. Wednesday, May 09, 2007.

Saturday, May 12, 2007. A fair price of any goods or services in any economy is down to the difference between wages and cost. The reason we in the west have such a high standard of living is that we rely on our goods to be cheap compared to our average wages. This can only be achieved by sourcing them in a low wage country. If there is no disposable income to spend on extras, those industries collapse.

Friday, May 11, 2007. I wonder if the Queen ever gets tired of God Save The Queen. I reckon she was glad the day the Sex Pistols floated down the Thames playing their tribute at her silver jubilee. at least it was a change.

Saturday, May 12, 2007. I get rather annoyed by the people who claim George Lucas is a good movie director. He will be known for the Star Wars saga, regardless of what else he does. I have been a Star Wars fan since the age of around 4 in 1977, this does not make me blind to the movies. So what does make a good director? Here is my assessment.