Beer appears to be less fattening than wine, according to the British Beer and Pub Association. A glass of beer with a typical 4.6% alcoholic volume has fewer calories not only than a similar measure of wine, but also milk or fruit juice, it says. Spirits, meanwhile, contain more than six times the calories of beer and when mixed with a soft drink, the calorie-count soars even higher. (Source: BBC)

The BBC quietly let slip that they do intend (eventually) for mac and linux users to be able to use its TV-catch up service.

Of course some of us have MythTV and never miss a program to beging with, unless the beeb can't keep to schedule.

To set your video timer first you need a reliable clock. Done that. The Debian PIII of usefulness syncs it's clock off of pool.ntp.org. The Ubuntu box does the same, falling back on the Debian box if we lose the Virgin* connection.