Some of you will know me as a rather keen motorcyclist. It is my preferred means of commuting the 25 miles from home to the office in London. Public transport of all forms cannot compete in terms of price and, more importantly for my quality of life, convenience. I prize my quality of life above all else, and refuse to accept lightly the general indignity that public transport subjects one to.

I have three of the beasties in my garage, one for the main commute, the other two for different...

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Let me start by saying a big and fully qualified Yes

The movie is awesome and Robert Downey Jr. is superb in the part. He plays Tony Stark exactly as one would expect him to be. The film has a great mix of action, humour and a bit of a love angle too in the shape of Gwyneth Paltrow (well, who wouldn't?).

The story itself is well laid out, it has a beginning, a huge middle, and a stonking action-filled ending. A perfect big screen romp for those that like this kind...

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I have, in my lifetime, built very many servers of both the Windows and Unix variety - and that would include Linux too. I have to say that it has never been so long drawn out with any other server than it is with Microsoft Windows - especially their Small Business Server 2003 which is based on Windows Server 2003.

The thing is supposed to be an all-in-one package and is laden with wizards to make life simple for the administrator. Well, yes I suppose that it does to some extent...

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I am writing this as a sort of antithesis to Ben's recent blog "Won't somebody think of the children". I tend to agree with Ben, by and large, but I also wonder.

Is that what we are? Children? Or are we responsible adults, completely able to be masters of our own destiny? Should we be molly coddled by the mobile network operators? Can we really not look after our own use of our mobile data contracts responsibly?

I have used mobile data when it wasn't that...

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Let me start out by saying that I am a complete gadget freak in every sense of the word. Like several on Talk3G I believe that I stand out from the masses inasmuch as I am not normal Ordinary folk simply do not behave like some of us. If it is electronic, does stuff, and I can afford it I will probably do my utmost to buy it. To me these things are my toys - although some do get very serious use indeed. But handsets, how much does a handset need to do to be practical and useful?
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