You can follow me on Twitter at twitter.com/davecoleDOTorg, if you are so inclined. I’ll add a chiclet to the side bar at some point. xD.

If you’re viewing this under Internet Explorer, you should see a little line right at the top with a link to this page. If you’re using anything else, you shouldn’t. If anyone sees something happening that shouldn’t, I’d appreciate it if they could leave a comment. xD.

I’d like to wish everyone a happy and prosperous (western) new year. See you in MMIX – the bicentennial of the birth of Abraham Lincoln as well as the International Year of Astronomy, of Reconciliation and of Natural Fibres. xD.

Congratulations to Karl & Serenity Rasmussen (née Norman), from whose wedding in Madison, Wisconsin, I’ve just returned. Just for the record, I’m exhausted. xD.

I’ve changed the design of the blog. The changes aren’t particularly drastic from a coding point of view1 but make the blog look rather different as the white background is now grey and the grey boxes are now white. I like it, but there are some bits that need ironing out; I don’t think the [...]

A couple of friends of mine have started blogs. Shayaan is backpacking around South East Asia, starting in Kuala Lumpur, and his blog is at shayaanafsar.blogspot.com. Aled is the General Secretary of the LSE Students’ Union and very much involved in the Green Party – he ran for the GLA in the North East London [...]

Alice said yes. xD.

I’ve added some social bookmarking buttons to the blog; the ones on the right are for the whole blog and if you look at an individual post (by clicking on its title or where it says ‘permalink’) you’ll see buttons for that particular post. The code for this script comes from a particularly good website [...]

I’m updating my blogroll and RSS feeds. Below the fold, in no particular order are the blogs that are currently on my RSS reader; does anyone have any suggestions for blogs that they write or enjoy reading that I might add? xD.

I’m thinking of putting a rotating strapline somewhere at the top of the sidebar. So far, I’ve come up with ‘I’m Dave Cole and I approve this message’ ‘Heavily medicated for public safety’ ‘There is a non-negligible chance he will end up ruling over us like a king – Matt Sinclair’ ‘Contains a source of [...]