We are not impressed. Do something new

BBC NEWS | England | Hampshire | Wrong-way sailor back on UK soil
So another woman thinks she's achieved something by sailing round the world.
This time it's because she went the "wrong way" round (ie against prevailing winds, and currents etc). You haven't achieved anything, because it has been done before.
Why have these solo women been given so much publicity. Besides self-satisfaction, YOU HAVE NOT ACHIEVED ANYTHING!!! You are not sailing uncharted waters, you are not discovering new lands, you are just being self indulgent.
What benefit does it afford to the human race to know that now it's possible for a single person to sail the world on their own. Will it become common pastime, in a hundred years, to just up and leave, and sail to New Zealand? Twelve weeks alone on a boat will be something we will all take for granted, because of the pioneering efforts of these women!
Neither is it impressive to me that in recent weeks two teenagers became the youngest Britons to scale Everest and a couple became the first married British couple to scale the mountain.
Notice the way they had to point out the fact that both these 'achievements' were British records? It's probably because the indiginous 15-year-olds take their girlfriends to the summit every Friday night for a bit of hows-your-father.
If you really want to achieve something truly remarkable, do something new. Land on Mars, invent a perpetual motion device; something that will actually be of use to mankind, not just some excuse to feed your own self-indulgence.

Apple Mac OS X Tiger vs. Windows XP

XvsXP.com :: Mac OS X Tiger vs. Windows XP

For anyone contemplating buying a new computer in the near future would do worse than check out this site. It's a very reasonable comparison between Mac's Operating System and the more popular Windows, being evenhanded as far as it is possible to be.
The only negative aspect of the site is that the entire comparison is still not complete, yet both companies are gearing up to release their next installment within the next year (Apple OS X 10.5 and Windows Vista).
Anyone contemplating a new machine at this stage may as well wait until both new platforms are released and make their judgment then.

Microsoft manufacture rocks now.

Apparently Microsoft have been sending rocks to everyone on their mailing list. Something about not allowing software pirates to hide under them.
I won't mention the excessive wealth the company must have in order to afford such a pretentious stunt, but I have heard reports that the equipment has been known to crash unexpectedly, and is subject to dozens of viruses, and other security alerts already. Microsoft is also charging extortionate amounts for the extra software you need in order to turn said rocks into paper-weights - it's against company policy to let their hardware perform it's logical function for free.



Microsoft Stone XP 2006 Home Edition.

David Blaine, categorically not an amphibian

BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Blaine fails in water record bid
So David Blaine failed in his attempt to break the World record for holding your breath underwater.
After living for a week submerged in water, he attempted the feat.
The previous record was apparently 8 minutes and 58 seconds.
However, I would like to question that statment. There are people in the Titanic who haven't breathed for 94 years.

The most exciting new release of the year?

Chart commentary - most exciting release of the year

Anyone familiar with the Dotmusic of Yore (now known as Yahoo! Music), would no doubt be aware of James Masterson's weekly column based on the latest chart. This guy seems to have an encyclopedic knowledge of the British Top 40, including it's entire history.
Every week he makes comments on the state of affairs in the charts, such as this week's biggest selling record not actually being present on any chart. Being a five track E.P., Arctic Monkeys' 'Who the fuck are the Arctic Monkeys?' is not eligible to be included in the three-track max singles chart.
However, this past few weeks, he has begun tagging up 'the most exciting release of the year,' while failing to mention what it is (this is a year that has boasted the scrumptious release of Crazy by Gnarles Barkley, so this would need to be a pretty special release indeed). It is due for release on the 22nd May.
Any speculation as to the identity of the track is most welcome.