Ok, well I've moved on from the big birthday celebrations into enjoying a week off from my main place of toil (not the Black Stump). Enj...

Sorry about the lack of posts lately but I've been a little distracted with a milestone birthday and, well, celebrating it! Lots of thin...

A few sites I run across are rather odd. I post quite a few of them on the Bizarro page but I find more than I can post on that page! Eithe...

People often ask me where I find the sites I list on The Black Stump and the answer is "all over the place". Mainly online, but I...

Quick post today... A two-hour free pass to the content of Encarta is available. Just follow the instructions contained in the link.... An ...

Finally found some time to check out Picasa and I gotta say it's impressive and its also free. Doesn't get any better than that! P...

Was sitting in YAM (yet another meeting) in the office listening to those who like to be heard and it struck me how often over the years I...

Having returned from the land of Chocolate, I finally found time to reflect on something DUMB I did just before I left....backed one of my c...

Well, I find myself in downtown Lausanne Switzerland for the second time in a month - working again, but thankfully the weather is much bett...

A rainy day, maybe a day for (big) downloads to while away the time and use up all your excess bandwidth ? Microsoft has released a beta ver...

Continuing the Tools thread - today the Text Editor and FTP. As far as developing my sites, I've always used Multi Edit . Originally, th...

Office RIP ? Coming soon... Google Spreadsheet Already there... Zoho Already there... Writely Where's Powerpoint ? Happy Days!

Nine new links to check out...the Black Stump overflow.... 1. The Web Riddle 2. Anxiety Disorders 3. History of Money 4. Stolen Jewelry Webs...

I know Google Maps have been around a while and, of course, there are many other Map and Atlas sites around. It seems that maps (and satel...

I mentioned a few days ago about the addiction of Sudoku - about the only antidote known is Kakuro - problem is cure is worse than disease!...

Like many people in the IT industry, I have become the local Tech Support guy for many of my relatives and friends who have a computer probl...

As an IT guy, one of my favourite cartoon strips is Dilbert and I guess like a lot of people I seem to gravitate to Google for searching on...

One of things I managed to do on one of my recent flights was to finally engage in Sudoku. I like numbers and I like puzzles but somehow I...

Maybe it's the jet lag, and I'm really not sure about this, but I signed up today to do the 210km Around the Bay bike ride. The Bay...

Just having come back from Switzerland, one thing that intrigues me is all the watches and the fascination for time - I'm not a big fa...