Ok, a slightly provocative title there, I'm sorry. But I have to rant a little about a story I've come across. Bascially, a teacher in Texas reprimanded a pupil for handing out CDs containing a distribution of Linux. She then emailed the distro's founder to…

Behold, a new menu option! Man, I'm outta control here. Won't be long and this site will almost be up to 1990s-esque levels of functionality. As well as a contact form that lets you press buttons and send me the results via email, I've added…

As is usual with ideas I come up with, I'm sure this has been thought of, investigated and then dumped, but... If black absorbs heat and white reflects it, why don't our houses change colour with the seasons? A black house in winter would absorb…

Please excuse any typos you come across in this post. The reason they're quite likely this time round is because I can hardly see the keyboard, for two reasons; firstly, I'm in a room that's painted bright pink. Secondly, and directly related to the first…