The all new snail mail online modern world

Excuse me while I bang my head against the wall…. Ah that’s better. So you move to a new address. So you need to tell the [wikipop]DVLA[/wikipop] your new address. You can fill in the new address on the back of the old driving licence and send it to them via snail mail or you can do it online. Being an online type of chap I opt for the latter. After some time filling and clicking my way through the online form I am informed that…

Send it in!

They even have the nerve to use Online in the form’s title…

Online?

Does [wikipop]Martha Lane Fox[/wikipop] know about this? She does not mention it. Excuse me while I print out my form and pop it and my old driving licence into an envelope, find a stamp, trudge out into the snow and post it…. roll on the [wikipop]Digital revolution[/wikipop]/[wikipop search=”Gershon Review”]Joined up government[/wikipop]/[wikipop]Brave New World[/wikipop] (Delete as appropriate).

Painting patterns

I watched a video by the late [wikipop]Benoit Mandelbrot[/wikipop] while the girls were busy painting…

[video:http://blog.duncanmoran.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/paintlapsekaleido1.mov|http://blog.duncanmoran.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/paintlapsekaleido.ogg|http://blog.duncanmoran.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/paintlapsekaleido1_conv.flv http://blog.duncanmoran.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/paintlapsemovie-poster.jpg 680 550]

Windows? Just say “No”.

BBC News: Two million US PCs recruited to botnets

Despite the large number of people being caught out, Mr Evans said that defending against malware was straightforward.
He said people should sign up for automatic updates, make sure the applications they use are regularly patched, use anti-virus software and run a firewall.
Microsoft has just issued its largest ever list of fixes for flaws in Windows, Internet Explorer and a range of other software.

Or… stop using Windows. Why do people put up with this crap?