I had an SMS from a friend in the middle of the night – and then an MSN this morning letting me know that that his HDD had failed overnight. Unfortunately the HDD contained some work that was being done for me. Anyway, one of the problems with Windows is that there has not been much in the way of decent backup tools out there – particularly free ones.

That was until Microsoft released a program called SyncToy. It allows you to backup stuff in an intelligent way. I use it quite a bit, and it works really well.

Finally, the SMH contains a what is supposed to be the worlds funniest joke… It comes from The Goons in the 1950’s.
Michael Bentine: I just came in and found him lying on the carpet there.
Peter Sellers: Oh, is he dead?
Bentine: I think so.
Sellers: Hadn’t you better make sure?
Bentine: All right. Just a minute. Sound of two gunshots.
Bentine: He’s dead.