Windows XP

Getting dire warnings on my PC from Bill Gates, worried whether I have been sold a dodgy version of windows by mistake. I don't understand. The copy I got in Dhaka for 100 taka (90 pence) seemed genuine enough. Here's the box.

I don't suppose he'll miss my money eh!

Come to Bournemouth

Germans have no idea where Bournemouth is. It's got to be a good selling point. Click this to see for yourself.

Tottenham Chef

The chef who prepared Tottenham Hotspurs pre match meal at the London Hotel has been identified.

The Sultans Elephant

Spent a rare afternoon in central London today watching the street theatre production of 'The Sultans Elephant'. Pretty rare to find something to marvel at these days but this was pretty awe inspiring stuff from the French 'Royal de Luxe' company. The enormous hydraulic powered elephant with its red tail coated crew had to be seen to be believed as it moved through the West End accompanied by a noisy Gallic rock group on a float and using its trunk to spray the onlookers with water. Also the 'Little Girl' who was actually an 8 metre marrionette was worth following as she skipped to creole music and rode a scooter around St James park.

The finale in Horseguards Parade was worth the wait as the little girl was hoisted into her wooden rocket and helped on her way to new time travels by the elephant. After the fiery departure the top was taken off of the rocket to reveal that she had indeed gone.

I took some good moving images but am limited to a couple of stills here. Pity it doesnt show the elephant standing up to reveal its true scale.

Water again

H2O should be made available to everyone. It is as essential as the air we breath. An interesting programme on Channel 4 the other night illustrated the plight of people in developing countries whose access to clean water is being denied by a privatisation policy approved by the World Bank and mostly run by British companies. We should be ashamed of ourselves!

Thatcher (the third worst thing to hit this country after The Black Death and Hitlers Blitz) was the instigator of privatisation and it is still being carried on across the world despite the obvious disasters that have befallen the UK as a direct result. Shareholders profits being more important than investment in industries that, as public services, shouldn't be expected to run in profit anyway.

It is comforting to see that the new socialist indigenous government of Bolivia is encouraging people to connect to the mains water supply without permission from the 'company' and that the Tanzanian government has kicked the British water companys' arse out of the country.

Back in the UK the traditional wet spring weather continues and we still have a hosepipe ban. If it keeps raining who cares?