The amount of limescale on the heat exchanger in my gas combi boiler should be reducing now, after 5 years of steady accumulation. My hope is that the house will use a bit less gas, and emit a bit less CO2.

The other reasons why I installed a water softener …

A bug-fix release of Imprimatur. Fixed a problem that has been there for ages. If you started Imprimatur with a file name only (no path) for the script file, and then referred to another file in the script file, there would be a problem. I fixed it using:

File file …

The new release of Imprimatur has the following changes:

• The [response-code]{style="font-style: italic;"} element was missing from the DTD, so that's been added in.
  
• Now supports the PUT method.
• Can set and check HTTP headers.
• Added a [body-file]{style="font-style: italic;"} attribute to the [request]{style="font-style: italic;"} element …

After reading The Birds I went on to other du Maurier short stories, and found I enjoyed them even more than The Birds.

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This exemplifies many of the qualities of dM's writing:

• The ability to create an air of the supernatural, but without anything supernatural …

I've just got my polling card for the Trowbridge Central Elections 10th July 2008 but I can't find a list of who's standing, so I don't know how to vote. Can anyone help?

My friend Dave sent me an article and asked:

Tony - how do you as a fan of the free market address this issue - bankrupting farmer seems to be a structure consequence of your favoured global free markets?...Dave

Dave went on to give his view:

Basically the green revolution has …

I put up my hand at every opportunity, but to no avail. In the question and answer part of the Science Cafe, I didn't get to ask my question on whether instead of engineering our [food]{style="font-style: italic;"} to avoid obesity, we could tackle it from the other direction …

Reading To The Hermitage was like listening to an extremely erudite raconteur who happens to have an obsession with Diderot. I learnt an awful lot about Diderot and the other Enlightenment figures, all imparted in a gossipy, conversational style. My ignorance of Diderot means I've probably missed some of the …

I've just tried out Second Life and I was pleased to see they've got a Linux version. I was a bit shy and didn't actually talk to anyone. They get you to do a few exercises to make sure you've learnt the basics, and I've just completed those. Btw, if …

Wow, an author comment! How cool is that? I've been insufferable, boasting to all and sundry about it.