I've been slowly working on a new look for this website and I've just switched it on. It's not finished, and it almost certainly looks foul if you are using Internet Explorer^†, but it's getting there. Feedback is welcome, and will be added to the following list...

In 1989, while working at CERN, Tim Berners-Lee invented the Web so that scientists all across the world could share photos of their children and pets. We are proud to be able to continue this tradition. Read on to find out about the contents of our fish tank...

On Friday, I had my second driving driving test and I passed with a mere seven minors. It's a huge relief to have passed (it certainly makes things cheaper!), but driving without an instructor still feels a bit weird. I'll be going for my first solo drive today - you have been warned...

We both sat our driving tests last week (my 1st one and Eilidh's 4th). Unfortunately I was a little too nervous and incurred two serious faults and a noteworthy 15 minors. The serious faults were for speeding and mounting the pavement (although not at the same time I hasten to add). Since then I've had a couple more lessons and I have another test soon, so fingers crossed...

You've probably seen the recent advert for Sony Bravia TVs - it looks really cool (if you've not seen it, here's a link to a long high-resolution version).

The reason I bring it up is that when I saw it, I assumed it was all done with computer graphics - and I've since realised that quite a few other folks thought the same thing. It glows in such an unworldly fashion, I assumed CG was the only way it could have been made.

However, I recently found out that the really cool thing about the advert is that absolutely all of it is real. They really did fire hundreds of thousands of rubber balls down the street. Even the frog's real...

This weblog tends to go a bit political once in a while. This time, however, I'm going for politainment and rehashing some old news. You might have heard about the White House Correspondents Dinner, where the press and the pres cosy up for a bit of nosh and some gentle ribbing (followed by brandy and cigars I expect). There are always a few comedy routines sprinkled through the event, and traditionally this involves the White House being all good-natured and self-deprecating...