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My computer was shifted to Outlook Exchange yesterday with the result that this morning I have had to re-input all my email account passwords to get at my email.
I knew most of the passwords but the more important ones I have very complex passwords for and rely on accessing my domain accounts directly to […]

I wrote a quick 800-word blog post for the Guardian’s Comment is Free site on Sunday on the fact that iTunes has now become the number one music retailer here in the United States.
It felt good to have a bit of a think and a type. I still amaze myself that I buy any […]

So I filed my first US tax return yesterday, and it was pretty good in two senses. One, I used this great online tool provided by H&R Block that did it all for me, walked me through, provided useful pointers, calculated the tax and sent it to the IRS within an hour - very […]

This is a picture of a beautiful 1966 split-screen VW camper can that I have just bought on eBay for $10,000.

I am currently arranging for some mechanics to go check it out, and if it’s all good will head down to Poway, California (near San Diego) to go pick it up possibly this weekend. […]

I’m quite excited about the fact that Amazon has brought out a new ebook reader that it calls the Kindle. I haven’t seen one in the real world but I am assuming with the effort they’ve put behind it that the screen technology is what it claims to be - easy to read without […]

I just got an email from my very old friend Johnny HB (actually it was through Facebook) in which he informs me that he has a new classical trio, a new fancy website, and is looking for bookings from January.
Johnny (cello), Suzanne (his wife and viola) and Kate (flute - although I swear she’s […]

I’m leaving the UK today. It’s going to be a dreadful day. Getting to Heathrow and all the hassle that involves; sitting on a plane for 11 hours; arriving and no doubt being quizzed by US immigration; having to go and pick up apartment keys; then finding the apartment and settling in. A very, […]

I am having a tough day today. A very painful goodbye at Oxford station, a long walk along the river, and now I am sat in my half-empty flat feeling hollow and a little lost.
My possessions are strewn about. They need to be divided into take-with, put in shipping container, and chucked away. I […]

This morning I received an email from downloadinrainbows@waste.uk.com providing a link to a 48.3MB zipped file. Three minutes later I was listening to Radiohead’s new album In Rainbows. I am listening to it now as I write this.
What is particularly interesting about this is that Radiohead was entirely in charge of the whole transaction. […]

For those interested in Internet things - and in this case the sexy side of the Internet, Facebook and all that stuff - there is an interesting conference due to start in two hours in Ottawa, Canada.
I know because I’m here and I’m on of two official bloggers. See can see the full agenda […]