Drawing Breath

On 8 April, Polly Toynbee wrote an article in The Guardian condemning the unconditional genuflecting and mourning that followed the death of Pope John Paul II. She highlighted many of the atrocities that result from the actions and teaching of the Catholic Church, but which were conveniently set aside while the grieving, the unctuous and [...]

MacMinute reports that Apple have renamed their Rendezvous network technology to Bonjour, after a trademark dispute with TIBCO Software. I’m sure someone at Apple thought that maintaining the French language connection was a good idea, but Bonjour really is a crap name.

War mongering Christian George Bush has been praised for his pro-life stance in the heart breaking case of Terri Schiavo. Anyone foolish enough to think that President Bush is acting out of a deep love for all human life should take a look at this Bloggerheads campaign.

I’m pretty sure that all these one-a-day probiotic, prebiotic, live culture yoghurt drinks are something of an environmental disaster. Should the manufacturers of these products really be encouraging the production of so much disposable packaging, without being made to encourage and facilitate the recycling of all that waste plastic? While on the subject of yoghurt [...]

In the past, I’ve always dismissed Jamie Oliver as a bit of a Mockey tosser, but after watching snatches of the recent documentary Jamie’s School Dinners, and seeing the resulting debate it has generated, I am forced to revise my opinion of the Naked Chef. The program has highlighted the appalling state of the current [...]

These days, there seem to be a lot television ads around for products like disinfectants, which highlight the number of germs that are going to eat babies and children alive if irresponsible parents don’t invest in the product immediately. This is despite studies which suggest that our increasing obsession with cleanliness and hygiene is a [...]

After watching last nights episode of ER on Channel 4, I am compelled to point out that Parminder Nagra, who plays the rather anal Dr. Neela Rasgotra, is absolutely bloody gorgeous.

This morning GMTV aired a story condemning the actions of some Traffic Wardens, and highlighted alleged unjust and unfair parking fines. They continue this theme on the GMTV web-site, under the following innocent headline: GMTV – Find out how to appeal against a parking penalty The opening paragraph of the article uses a slightly more [...]

The Unofficial Apple Weblog posted the following article about the demise of the Mozilla Suite today: No more Mozilla 1.8; in fact, no more Mozilla. Just Firefox.: “In case you haven’t already heard, it’s over for Mozilla as far as future development is concerned. Oh sure, the Mozilla Foundation is going to keep maintaining the [...]

According to this mornings The Wright Stuff on five, a spouse cannot give evidence against their partner in a court of law, unless the partner have committed a crime against the spouse, or against a person under the age of 16. So, if a wife was the only witness to her husband committing a murder, [...]