If I have been a bit quiet on here this month, it's because someone has been paying me to write, which always makes a pleasant change. I spent last week in-house at The Register, one of the UK's top IT news sites, famed for its sarcastic irreverence ( Read more... )

Couple of new posts up on the Other LJ. (I flag 'em 'cos this one has a lot more Friends. Hope that's OK.)

Playing with virtualisation

... swiftly followed by...

When NOT to use a VM & what Linux to use

Yet more coverage keeps appearing for the SimplicITy machine and the large majority of it is still good ( Read more... )

Another day, another outlet for my peerless prose. :¬)

Linutop 2 super small desktop PC: Linux lightweight - in more ways than one?

Liam appears on The Register for the first time. Comments very welcome, here or there.

A couple more upcoming events ( Read more... )

BTW, there's some life on my Top Sekrit Other LJ liam_on_linux, in case it's fallen off your friendslist...

In other news...

More Leopard-taming tips tip up: Advanced Mac hackery for beginners.

As in, not for filthy lucre. Bit of an alien notion to me, this, but it does happen. Here, mainly ( Read more... )

Did that 2nd spot on BBC Radio London last night, too. I wibbled a bit, 'cos they asked me about conspiracy theories and not about "Jonathan Black"'s apparently somewhat barking book after all.

Actually the book looks like it might be a hoot to read, but - as I pointed out - about as plausible and believable as the Illuminatus trilogy. Which is ( Read more... )

Cheapo Asus mini-eee machine nears production
Eee bah gum

Discussion & comments welcome.

Also, hints as to where to find replacement batteries for a Thinkpad Butterfly. Mine have rotted away. :¬(