Andy Loughran

In the UK recently there have been a number of widely reported stabbings and murders among the youth of our country.  It's a sad state of affairs that youths are now using knives to attack and end innocent lives, but it's a symptom of a problem - not the problem itself.

It's ironic really.  Tomorrow the ISO council are likely to vote OOXML to be fast-tracked to a standard.  There's been good coverage on Groklaw and by Zeth Green. One of the problems with technical decisions like this is that they really don't get the average person in the street interested.  It's only when problems occur that ...

I've moved back home and have just set up my desk. I quite like what's going on at the moment therefore I thought I'd share a couple of pictures.

My adobe saga is ongoing. I received a further email today, which fails to address my point, and is encouraging me to go around in circles with my correspondence to Adobe.
Thank you for contacting Adobe Customer Services.
We guess your query is to amend the EULA policy, unfortunately that is not possible for now, may be...

My recent post on the BCS questioned whether or not I should join. I've decided (also thanks to a fantastic response from Mark Harrison) to do so, probably around March.