I've acquired a shiny thing

I wouldn't have bothered blogging about this, except they've given me a nice sticker to put places, so here you go:



Joost, in case you don't know, is a free TV-over-the-internet system. A bit like all these VoD things that are popping up everywhere, except all in one place and for free. It's very lovely. And also, I've just discovered the wonderous TV programme that is 'The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle... and Friends', a children's TV show in the same sort of style as 'The Pink Panther Show' (lots of shorts in one programme) yet something completely different. I'm actually impressed I've never seen it on British TV (especially when five went through that spate of showing little-shown American cartoons like George of The Jungle and the spin-off Wacky Races cartoon (Penelope Pitstop).

Anyway, you may as well try and beta it yourself - note at the moment it's only supports Windows and Intel Macs.

Edit: it appears my fairly long blarg (aka previous post) regarding the new Opera browser for Wii has wandered off somewhere. I may have to retype that at some point. Oh well.

The writing's on the wall, the ceiling, the floor... this is why you don't keep kids unattended

Anyway, have George Orwell's 5 Rules for Effective Writing:

http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/george-orwells-5-rules-for-effective-writing/

Warning to the wise

There appears to be a rather nasty bug in Vista which, if viewed using Internet Explorer or Vista Mail, can kill your computer.

Apparently, it's a problem in the Animated Cursors system which, if a malicious animated cursor is viewed, can send Vista into a constant crashing state.

More details here:
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Windows-Vista-Suicide-Courtesy-of-McAfee-50761.shtml

and now you know.