On the Sunday after Christmas, we went for a walk along the Canal to the Mad Hatter for high tea. The plan was to then go back to my house to see a film. It was between Persepolis, Eyes Wide Shut and the English patient. I cut the Gordian Knot …

Hey, I've just noticed that Own-Id is featured on the Asus Eee site! They're missing a few fields in the directory, so I'll send those in...

Okay, here's me talking about badminton.

Tatiana asked about badminton:

Tell me about badminton in the UK

Fair enough, I do list it on my profile. I'm not great at badminton, but I love playing. I organize the badminton club at work, every week we play at Bath Uni. It's good for keeping fit because you …

Tell me about badminton in the UK

I'm lying in bed with a temperature. All day I've heard about the latest Israeli onslaught against the Palastinians, and it makes me angry.

Israel should end its occupation of Palastine, and withdraw to within its own borders. Israel should withdraw regardless of what the Palastinians are doing. The Israeli …

Hi Chaz6! Good question. If your OpenId provider turned bad, how would you log in to Own-Id to make it use another provider?

Well, it would be handled like this:

1. You'd update the DNS to stop your host name pointing to www.own-id.com.

2. Then your entry in Own-Id could …

It has occurred to me that it would be useful to associate an email address with my delegation so that should my provider disappear or succumb to hackers I will be able to restore access to my id.

I well remember Christmas Day 2008. That was the time a gherkin landed in my glass of Château Rembault. At lunch, Doug suggested some amuse-bouches, a large jar of gherkins...

On Christmas Eve we went to The Canal Tavern. Even on the second busiest night of the year it was fairly empty! It was a nice surprise to see Claire and James's new puppy, Meg.

Springer spaniels are fantastic dogs. I really miss our Springer, Roger.

A good thing about …