I have been quite happily using Ubuntu for my computing needs and indeed I still very much like it. However, I was reading an article about the future direction of Ubuntu and it was talking about heading in to the cloud. It was Mark Shuttleworth himself giving the interview so I can only assume that he knows about that of which he speaks. Being Linux, I can guess that it won't force the user in to the cloud but I would expect it to be the default in a few versions from now.

One of my for want of a better word, hobbies, is sending crank emails to companies to see if I get a response. Once in a while a true gem returns.

This sorry tale started nearly two years ago when I first decided that dammit I was going to get myself a blog! I downloaded a piece of software called LifeType and found a hosting company called Fasthosts. I set my self up an account with them and it all seemed to go well. I'm blogging about it and I'm sure you have read the title, so obviously it didn't. Read on to find out why!

Being bored I decided to have another look at a Linux distribution that I still get shudders about. Back when I was starting out with Linux, I tried OpenSUSE 10.0 and to date it remains the only operating system to trash my hard disk. Beyond recovery! This time I am trying 11.1 and I am running it in a virtual box as I am not feeling brave enough to do so on a full machine.

Today, I suffered what can only be described as the cleverest spam attack I have ever seen.