How green was my valley

The kids and I went to Donegal for a few days recently. Driving from Carrick to Ardara, we came on this valley, got out of the car on the top, and walked down towards the sea. It was a truly magical place, and we only saw one other car for the whole afternoon.

Arguments against Linux…

… are the same kind of arguments one might use against Longhorn. Ingenious article by Charlie Demerjian in which he first sets out the arguments Microsoft uses to dissuade CIOs from switching to Linux. Then he does a search-and-replace on the piece, substituting ‘Longhorn’ for ‘Linux’ and — guess what — the same arguments look plausible. Lovely rhetorical trick. Conclusion: “Pay now, and get off the gerbil wheel, or pay later, and stay on it. Your choice.”

Thanks for Dave Hill for the link.

New Naughtons

In response to popular demand, here are portraits of the two new residents who have taken over my study, thereby rendering it totally unsuitable for any kind of reflective or creative work.

This is Zoombini, who is nice but dim.

And this is her sister, Tilly, who is shaping up nicely as an inventive scamp.