I have had the opportunity of hearing Simon Singh talk at Batchley Park when I worked in IT security. I received a free signed copy of the first version of the book, which is the version I’m reviewing. He was a very enthusiastic presenter and his enthusiasm also shows through in the book. The Code […]

OpenOffice.org version 3 is the latest version of a completely free Office Suite. Version 3 was released on the 13 October and in about a month clocked up Twelve Million (12,000,000) downloads from the main site. The actual number of installed copies is most likely much higher as some Linux users may have downloaded through […]

Just Imagine, the latest version of your favourite operating system has become available. You click on a button which says “Upgrade”, and your computer downloads the latest version and installs it. Imagine you don’t have to pay any money for it Imagine that all your software still runs Imagine that all your hardware peripherals still […]

I have been to Tropical Birdland in Dresford, Leicestershire on two occasions. The first was a warm spring day when I took our toddler on my own, and the second was on a cold autumn day with my wife, child and baby. Although we enjoyed both visits it was a far better place for children […]

I have a reason to be biased against this particular hotel as we had some money stolen whilst staying there. This has however had the opposite effect. The negative comments in this post are ones I’d already planned to write before we knew about the money being stolen, and I’m very happy with the response […]