I've bought a MacBook Pro. I must say, I think I'm a Mac-fan in the making. So far the platform has proved intuitive, reliable, fast and extremely well designed and thought out by the Apple crew.

I'll keep you posted on developments, but I must say my Pc is getting far less use!

I've changed my default desktop to Gnome. Over the last couple of months I've become more and more disheartened by the KDE experience. KDE 4 and the software running in it is the most unstable thing to happen to my computer in about five years. I've tried staying on KDE 3 but my Linux distribution of choice (OpenSUSE) ships KDE 4 applications even if you're running KDE 3. Switching to Gnome has been a refreshing change.

Well, I finally gave in and got a WoW account. The evil game has taken control of me... it won't let me log off!

Damnit, just as I was gettin' over my Guild Wars addiction as well. *sigh* Oh well, never mind. If any of my real life friends are looking for me, I can be found in WoW.

Well here we go again. We're moving ISP from our current provider (bethere.co.uk) to a shiny new one (Virgin) in order to get the high bandwidth we deserve. Our current sub is for a 24Mb line, however, the download speed on it is a pitiful 6Mb. This I am reliably informed by my ISP is because of the quality of BT copper wires running to my property. My alternative plan involves selecting an ISP who provides a different backbone to the BT copper. There is only one ISP who fits this bill and they recently cabled our area.

Vorax has moved into his new room. Sadly no longer a resident of the lounge, I'm surprised how quiet (maybe lonely??) the lounge now is.
Vorax has settled onto a shelf in the new computer room where he can whir and click to his hearts content without disturbing anyone.
I am thinking of starting a new "Silent server in the lounge project" to replace the original "Server in the lounge" project that Vorax was.