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This article was originally published on the 4th June 2009 – and has had to be moved after Google bestowed the title “Lord of the Internet” upon me officially a fortnight later. Yesterday was one of those days where I went through the soul-mangle and emerged, this morning, feeling inspired despite smelling of whisky and [...]

As always, banks appear to be a little expensive when it comes to transferring money between accounts internationally. I used Tranzfers to transfer my money from the UK to Australia, and their rates were exceptionally good – charging just £7 for the transaction, and not ripping me off on the exchange rates. They also allow [...]

How to get your work done: Write a list of the things you need to do Put “Do Accounts” or “Do tax return” somewhere in the list Result: by the end of the day you will have done everything except your accounts or tax.

I read with some consternation the account of a staff journalist at the Guardian who had taken up the challenge of Chinese businessman Wang Hao to live on 100 Yuan (about £10) for a week. The challenge does not include direct debits such as rent or council tax. The writer, Stuart Jeffries, then goes on [...]

Over the last few years, academics and teachers have been complaining that so much history teaching in schools concentrates on the first and second world war. However, let this recession be a lesson. “Lest We Forget” was an appropriate epitaph to the fallen soldiers of the two world wars. We have forgotten what they fought [...]

Today we checked our usual websites and noticed that the videos were not displaying in Firefox. I found a really useful thread here and a really good explanation here. The culprit seems to be IPv6 which can be uninstalled. It turns out we’re not the only ones struggling with our embedded Youtube videos. This is [...]

Of course, when you decide to take an afternoon off as a webmaster and general master of a few domains, it is usually the case that such hedonism is repaid with some kind of “Server Not Available” message when you return. If this is on a Friday evening, then that is all the better. One [...]

Tonight’s CSI showed the detectives walk into a Chinese fireworks importer warehouse during the daytime only to exit during the black of night as the fireworks went off. If you have any others just pop them into the box below.

William Hague has been making waves in the news in his position as Shadow Foreign Secretary for the Conservatives. With a victory for the Tories in the next election looking ever more likely, Linda Haywood probed the views of the former party leader. Read the fifth in the set of serialised articles here: Matthew Taylor’s [...]

William Hague has been making waves in the news in his position as Shadow Foreign Secretary for the Conservatives. With a victory for the Tories in the next election looking ever more likely, Linda Haywood probed the views of the former party leader. Read the third in the set of serialised articles here: Families are [...]