Telling it like it is

Blam! And so ended Windows 2000 on my PC at work. I gave up trying to twiddle it and make it work properly so I've "upgraded" to XP. Good lord. The happy shiny interface sucks and it's as slow with as many bugs as Win2K. And this is an improvment how, exactly?

Interesting. A couple of googlewhacks I discovered today that give a single hit - GINATRON and PORKOTRON. Sound like sex aids if you ask me......

and to add to the long list of other accolades Britain holds, we're now pretty crap at Eurovision (like anyone really cares) with a fat zero points this year. That's a sign, people....

I had the 'first degree electrical burn' experience this weekend. I discovered that even in an isolated circuit, a capacitor the size of my fist still had quite a lot of charge in it. Fortunately, I was able to peel the pliers away from my hand before the rubber got totally welded to my skin.....