I have no idea who either John de Mayo or Josh Stomel are, and frankly I don't care. But I think people ought to know about plagiarists. That Josh Stomel ripped off John de Mayo (and many others) thus becomes worth linking to.

Friends Reunited used to be a rather good little web site. It let you put up your own details and search for all those other snots you were at school with and see how their lives had turned out so much better than your own. Or not. If you got a message from someone, you could ignore it or choose to...

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The web site of the BBC is the miracle of the internet age. ’Nuff said. But it is also damnably infuriating. Especially Listen again.

There I am, loudly enjoying the wonderful Dr Kershaw’s programme, nearing the end of another two hours of exceedingly fine music, when the connection fails. At...

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I know I have blathered about the amazing state of Italian banking before, but now I'm really riled. Back in June 2005 I ranted

As for internet banking, fuggeddaboutit.

Today, in a spirit of adventurousness and knowing that next week it will be all but impossible to find the time to go to the bank, I thought I'd give it another shot. Hah!

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The Mall really is the jewel in Washington DC's crown. Not just because there are so many museums there. And not just because they are free. But being both dense and free, there's no pressure to exhaust oneself doing an entire building. One can flit in and out, take in the Italian miniatures in the...

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