This blog is now running on Drupal 7 (beta 3). Currently Disqus comments are absent but I am hoping the Global Redirect module and the Disqus crawler will remedy this given time. Most of the modules I require are available for Drupal 7 apart from FeedBurner so I have just re-pointed the feed for now. Let’s see if this appears on the other side. I will probably convert to using MarkDown markup in due course too. ...

I was recently in a pub when a lady looked expectantly at me and said ‘Fancy a whip for this ?’ I looked a little taken aback and hesitated until she helpfully clarified ‘A kitty. For the drinks. Shall we have a whip round and I’ll then buy some drinks’. In a very polite British way, I proffered a ten pound note and said ‘Oh that will be great. Thanks for sorting that out. A pint of London Pride for me, please'. ...

United players line up for the identity parade. Paul Scholes has been excused to ‘quickly go to the toilet’.

Bullshit. More Government lies designed to… This server has now been commandeered by MI6. This entry will self-destruct in 30 seconds.

Last week saw the first anniversary of my adoption of Linux on my desktop PC so I thought I’d write a quick summary of how things went in the last 12 months as I always enjoy reading real-life user adoption stories. Initially, I installed Linux Mint 7 (Gloria) on my aged Dell Dimension and in the following weeks, I subsequently upgraded to Linux Mint 8 (Helena) in November and again in May 2011 when Linux Mint 9 (Isadora) was released. ...