And in the gossip section, I managed to leave the house yesterday for brunch with Guy and not get home until after midnight. Brunch at Balans turned into cocktails at the Duke of Wellington with Grant and Foo, then onto Trash Palace, the Friendly Society, the best Thai salad I’ve ever had in London and ok noodles at Sri Thai with Tom, Saul and Andrew, then more drinks at Shaun and Joe’s with yet more people.

Susan Sontag is dead. A good reason to re-read some of her work, starting with Notes on Camp.

Give it a go.

Some Christmas facts to put everything in perspective.

Paris is as beautiful as ever. Parisiene keyboards suck though. I’ve had a lovely time going for long walks and delicious meals. Tomorrow I want to walk around Montmartre because it’s about the only place I haven’t been before.

I’m off to Paris tomorrow, out on the raz again tonight. Have a great holiday.

To keep you entertained if you’re stuck in the office, some funny Jack Handy Quotes and More Jack Handy Quotes.

“Women are behind a much larger number of inventions than they are generally given credit for, a researcher has found.”
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“They include the windscreen wiper, the dishwasher, filter coffee, and the technology behind the bullet-proof vest.”
And good old Ada gets a mention:
“Ada Lovelace, daughter of poet Lord Byron, invented the Analytical Engine, one of the earliest computers, in 1842, for example.” (BBC)

Awww, cute little ants.

Woo! If I get a moment over the next few weeks I’m going to try this: Oracle Database 10g and PHP on Mac OS X.
I’ve sent the last line of the article to the anti-Mac boys in IT, just to annoy them: “Now that Mac OS X is an officially supported platform for the Oracle Database, IT departments can take a serious look at migrating developer workstations and servers to Macs.”