Google are ramping up their gmail service, and have allowed people to invite a lot more people in to start using it – so if there’s anyone out there who still hasn’t got a gmail account and would like one – just post a comment on my blog here with your full name and email … [Read More »]

Traffic on my personal blog exceeded 1GB for the first time in January ! That’s double what the site was generating in June 2004. Over 22,000 pages served for the month (up from 15,000 in December). Admittedly, that’s nothing compared to the Somersoft forum I run, which generated over 14GB of traffic in January, and … [Read More »]

I notice a lot of people on some of the forums I frequent asking who is the best to donate money through for aid to the people affected by the tsunami tragedy in Asia. Many people seem to be wary of religious based charities, or charities that seem to be overly political – and have … [Read More »]

Have a great Christmas everyone.

As part of a real estate transaction I’m currently undertaking, I need to transfer a sizeable sum of money from my bank account to someone elses account at another bank. This needs to happen as soon as possible to ensure settlement takes place on time. We all know how slack banks are at processing personal … [Read More »]