New toy...VPN router...

I've been getting a few new toys of late, one has been a little BEFVP41 VPN router from Linksys- this is an incredibly cool, easy to use IPSEC VPN router which lets me connect to my office (where we have another one of these installed) to access out…

Hey Microsoft...you hiring?

I'm having one of my 'I should have gone to work for Microsoft' moments...As you may have read before, I had an interview a few years ago (is it really four years...damn!!!) and long story short, I didn't take the job. My problem at the moment is that what I…

Hey Nostradamus! - Douglas Coupland

I am a huge Douglas Coupland fan...so bear that in mind when reading this reviewlet! The story of Hey Nostradamus! is about a high-school massacre in Canada in the year 1988. The first chapter concerns the story of a girl who is killed in the massacre, Cheryl…

Harry Potter - Order of the Phoenix

I love Harry Potter books, I've just finished reading the new book, it's long but it is a book which will keep you reading until the end (I've read it in a little over 12 hours). Very good book, which progresses the story in many ways (and doesn't feature as…

This got me thinking

Perhaps a true revolution is starting, this article from Wired basically points out that despite having significantly fewer resources, Apple is still surviving - and prospering. This got me to thinking, the Open Source movement thus far has been largely…