Well it’s finally been released as a download. You can get the new version of Internet Explorer here but do you really want it? I downloaded one of the beta versions a few weeks ago and didn’t like it. I found it bloated, slow and prone to crashing. It barfed at site after site apparantly … More Internet Explorer 7

It’s hard to believe that Suzanne Somera will be 60 soon. Ok she admits to having injections in the face to help keep her young looking… but still it’s hard to believe she’s not 20 years younger. I wish I looked as good at that age… well I only have a year to go so … More Suzanne Somers 60?? Really?

With some less than gracious acceptance of public opinion, John Stainton, Bindi Irwin’s manager, has decided to postpone the shooting of her wildlife video for at least a year.He says it has nothing to do with public opinion but whatever excuse he likes to use I’m glad she’s been pulled her back from the limelight. … More Sense prevails

Was discussing this with the wife the other day. Her take on it is that other measures need to be implemented prior to building more infrastructure. For example we could make better use of the water we already have. Shes thinks recycling sewage, reducing leakage, and just reducing general usage would help and should be … More Desalination plants revisited

Reading in the papers of how bad things were in their marriage… it’s all coming out in their divorce proceedings. Personally I think it’s all totally unnecessary. Once this couple have decided they no longer want to live together then they should be able to part without fault. Obviously there are financial matters to work … More Paul and Heather McCartney… so sad.

I’ve taken to watching this weird little series called ‘Dead Like Me’. In case you’ve not seen it it’s about a girl who diea… but stays ‘alive’ as a ‘reaper’. Her job is to help loosen the souls of those about to die to make their passing easier. Bizarre as it sounds its actually quite … More Dead like me.

Maher Arar is a Canadian though he was born in Syria . In 2002 he stopped at New York en route to Canada after a trip to Tunisia but never got home. Instead he was hauled aaway by the ‘Homeland Security’ forces and deported to Syria where he was tortured for a year before his … More Human Rights? Keep them.

It’s a quiet day today. Not much in the news so far and little going on at home. The wife is off to college for 3 days so it’ll be an easy few days while she’s not there to nag us 😀 Still, I’m taking the opportunity to do a lttle spring cleaning… not too … More Ho hum… it's a quiet day… luckily

We’ve not been told David Hicks will probably face some sort of trial ‘early next year’… some 5 years after his detention by bounty hunters whilst waiting for a bus home. The reason trials can go ahead is because President Bush has signed new legislation which not only allows the trials to go ahead, but … More Hicks… trial in sight?

A local authority in the UK town of Swansea, South Wales has fined a man a total of $350 because he ‘contaminated’ his recycling container. Apparantly he was accused (and found guilty) of placing a letter in a bag intended for bottles and cans. Another hate crime of this debauched reprobate was to deliberately put … More Recycling common sense