This site's layout was starting to feel a bit tired so the first task for the New year 2012 was to design a new theme - Wee Blue. Yes, it's quite blue! Hope you like it. The pictures below give the before and after...

Well, it amused me...

Some tips from the Australasian Consumer Fraud Taskforce (ACFT) to keep scammers at arm's length include:

PROTECT YOUR IDENTITY

• Your personal details are private and invaluable - keep them that way and away from scammers.

DON'T RESPOND

• Ignore suspicious emails, letters, phone calls or text messages - press 'delete', throw them out or just hang up.

DON'T LET SCAMMERS PUSH YOUR BUTTONS

• Scammers will play on your emotions to get what they want.

RESIST THE PERSONAL TOUCH

• Watch out for scammers posing as someone that you know and trust, or pretending to know you.

For more information visit: http://www.scamwatch.gov.au

I have until recently counted myself as a pretty basic mobile phone user - I made phone calls and sent the occasional SMS, and that was it. I never felt the urge to send a multimedia message, and I didn't much feel the need for email or any other internet-enabled applications on my phone. After all, I spend much of the day in front of the computer and have all the connectivity I could wish for there, combined with a nice big screen. So for a long time my Nokia E51 fit the bill nicely: light, slim, long battery life and a great, if small, screen. My iPod Touch and aging but effective Sony Clie (Palm clone) did adequate duty as pocket internet device and personal organiser, respectively.

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