There are videos and photos doing the rounds from a new spoof information site for Windows Mobile which takes a light-hearted look at mobile working. Why not take a look?

As I walked to the local Tesco's to pick up something to eat for lunch today it was, unsurprisingly, raining steadily. Keeping my head down and a stiff upper lip etc I kept going. As I looked down at the pavement to avoid the puddles I spotted a metal drain cover with the words "Wash Out" on it. This basically sums up the summer so far...

(When the weather is slightly more clement I plan to take a camera out and get a picture for my collection)

Reading a local newspaper is always a joy, I stumbled on this wonderful (and presumably accidental) headline which I thought I'd share:-

(No school children were hurt during the making of this news article)

Thanks Bill for this excellent link - an alternative view of the Visual Studio Express products target audiences. Check it out (but don't take too seriously!):-

http://www.atrevido.net/blog/PermaLink.aspx?guid=fc395650-88e9-4f9a-82cc-3f1ceebdfc3f

Virtual PC is a great tool when testing and developing as you run multiple OS versions and configurations on a single machine. However Ben Armstrong has found a more unusual use for Virtual PC - to run Microsoft Bob, the short-lived home oriented shell around windows 3.11 / 95. See the full story including nostalgic screen-shots here on Ben's blog.

Thanks to an administrative blunder in a European Union statistics report, I've found out that I actually live nearer the seaside than I thought, it seems Wales has disappeared

More details on the BBC News site