Mobitopia's favourite mad Jock, Ewan hit the big Three-Oh yesterday. So a belated HB to my partner in crime at Fun-1

To celebrate (or something) I went out for a beer or seven with some old friends up in London last night. Thanks are due to the Open Guide to London for suggesting the Calthorpe Arms and Pakenham Arms; both are splendid pubs and the latter has very sane opening hours (09:00-01:30). Fortunately I left before kicking out time or my head would hurt even more...

As Phil points out the campaign against Software Patents is probably doomed to failure, but it's got to worth a try.

As a software developer - one who's made a living for the best part of two decades from writing software - you'd think I'd be the sort of guy who ought to benefit from software patents, but I cannot see a single way in which they will make my life/job easier or more profitable.