After spending most of the morning at the eye hospital, I learned a new word: idiopathy. » read more »

The Oxfam/Gurkha sponsored walk, called Trailwalker, took place last weekend. Raising money for charity by subjecting yourself to a gruelling 100km hike must be worth a mention. However, what appealed to me most was the names of some of the teams. » read more »

Today, the UK government announces proposals for new regulations to control the banking industry. But to what extent can these solve the problem? » read more »

We had an earthquake in Basel this morning, 4.5 on the Richter scale. » read more »

Regular readers of this blog will be aware of my interest in words. I came across a new one this week -- riskware. This was just one of many new things I learned during a fortnight of battling computer problems. » read more »