100th Post

I've made it to 100 posts, although the frequency of posting has been way down as of late (see the title? top right hand corner? starting to make sense? :D)

I popped by Peter's blog and saw a ton of posts; I guess, more than anything, that that was the catalyst for my 100^th post.

Peter mentions wine - I recently had a fantastic white whilst visiting Gauchos (although, as usual for restaurant wines, a quick internet search reveals the hefty markup) - an Argentine Catena Chardonnay (and it's more expensive companion, the Catena Alta) - which are summed up here. Now Gauchos is a great steak restaurant, so red would have perhaps been more appropriate!

I've been a steady buyer of albums for the last 5 years, and my most recent addition is an album by the Delays called You See Colours, which I adore at the moment. Their first album, Faded Seaside Glamour, is also a must have. I also picked up the new Manics album (yet to decide if I really like it - it's good, I just haven't been in the mood for it), the Bluetones BBC Radio sessions, and am wondering what REM are up to these days.

Peter also mentions privacy, and Facebook. This is nothing new - the same thing rolled up around friends reunited, blogger, flickr (hey, post intimate pictures of your girlfriend online - no one is watching. Except google.). Even people who have their own website get this to some extent; freedom of information leads to abuse of information - which is not to say that freedom of information is wrong; just that once something leaves your control you have no idea of what it will be used for/with. Which is why privacy controls are essential, but education (and sensible defaults, online webdevelopers, please take note) is more so.

I'm onto my 4th month with Vista, and this week, I've been mostly having fun with Windows Mail. First it wouldn't empty out the deleted items when closing the mail client (thanks to a Windows Update, apparently). Then it decided that the filter "Hide All Read Messages" was most appropriate for my mailbox (leading to a few seconds of huh! from me). Finally it decided that it wouldn't automatically send and receive. 1 kick later...

I like Vista, I really do - it's much faster to boot and it's all very whizzy looking, but with some neat features too (which I'll write about at some point) - but I've been lucky because all of the software and hardware I use and own is supported. Contrast this with people I know who own printers, scanners, software that isn't compatible with Vista and have met the attitude "So What!?" from the manufacturers or developers.

But Vista is annoying too. Which is leading me up to writing a rant...