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I started blogging in November 2006, making this blog about 16 months old. In that period of time I’ve seen my traffic stats grow by over 2600%. Most of this traffic comes from people looking for answers [...]

It’s been a tiring couple of weeks. First there was moving house, then there was my MacBook problems, and then RAG week came along. It’s just been one stressful event after another.

I’m still not fully unpacked, but for various reasons out of my control, it looks like I’ll have to move again in the next [...]

The controversial video game, Manhunt 2, is set to be released in the UK after the British Board of Film Classification, (BBFC), was forced to issue the game an 18’s certificate.

Following two previous rejections, the game developers, Rockstar Games, appealed the BBFC decision to the Video Appeals Committee. The appeals committee upheld a previous decision [...]

Today is Pi Day - a celebration of all things Ï€. It also happens to be Albert Einstein’s birthday.

To celebrate, here’s a few Pi facts:

Pi occurs in hundreds of equations in many sciences including those describing the DNA double helix, a rainbow, ripples spreading from where a raindrop fell into water, superstrings, general relativity, normal [...]

Being off-line for a week has been an experience. Some of the biggest stories on the ‘net have passed me by, and despite my ignorance of these momentous events, my life has not imploded, nor has the Internet noticed my absence.

It’s both refreshing and bewildering to have to play catch up, even it has been [...]