Saturday 22 December 2007

Precious Resource


Don Wright has got it right here...

Friday 21 December 2007

The Welcome Mat

I think I'll put off that trip to the States if this is an example of the welcome.

Upgrading from Vista to XP

A brilliantly written piece on the advantages of 'upgrading from Vista to XP. The last paragraph sums it up!

Microsoft can really pat themselves on the back for a job well done, delivering an operating system which is much faster and far more reliable than its predecessor. Anyone who thinks there are problems in the Microsoft Windows team need only point to this fantastic release and scoff loudly.

Well done Microsoft!

H/T GMSV

Friday 14 December 2007

Do They Know It's Christmas?

Christmas has really sneaked up on me this year. I still haven't got used to the Australian weather this time of year, not so much Christmas itself, but the lead up to it.

In the UK, the kids would go back to school in early September and up would go the Christmas decorations in the stores. After Bonfire Night (Nov 5th) the in-store Christmas carols would kick in and drive everybody mad. Of course, the weather helps this by precluding a lot of outdoor activity and encouraging people to hurry into stores and malls.

Here, it's 32 degrees today (centigrade). It's more tempting to go down to the beach than the shopping mall. Christmas Day itself I'm getting used to. We alternate between a barbecue outside and a traditional (English) roast turkey dinner. This year we're out by the BBQ and the weather usually cooperates. This is Melbourne, however, and anything can happen. The first year we were here it was 37 degrees at lunchtime but a cool change came through in the afternoon and the temperature dropped 20 degrees! Boxing Day, it never got over 14 degrees and we had to put the heating back on.

Still, I wouldn't change it. I don't think I could stand the constant heat of further North.