After receiving a bug report that RetroVaders crashes on Windows 7 (and finding that it also seems to do the same on XP Service Pack 3) I've delved back into the code and fixed a couple of other minor issues.The new version will be available once...

Broadband Internet access is something that I tend to take for granted these days, so when it is taken away it comes as a bit of a shock to the system.What triggered this tale of woe was when I contacted Virgin Media to try and get the date of my...

Regular readers will know that I am not a fan of restrictive formats, and especially DRM. The reasons against them are too numerous to go into right now, but the main one is that they tend to prevent Linux (and often Mac) users from accessing...

Well, thanks to the twat that stole my mountain bike from outside my house last night I'm now a pedestrian again.I'd claim on insurance, but by the time I've paid my excess it's just not worth it. I have, of course, reported it to the police and got...

There is a kind of bitter sweet element to this post. Originally it was intended to mark the one-year anniversary of my return to cycling - with a short update on general health, fitness, weight loss etc.Unfortunately (as mentioned in my previous...