Motley Crue play HammersmithIf it wasn't a Monday night, I might go to this, 11th June at Hammersmith Odeon, it's Motley Crue. In fact a Tuesday night wouldn't be good either, nor any day from Sunday back round to Friday again are out. If they move this gig to a Saturday, and i... I must have something more interesting to write about than php?Um, no, perhaps not.I got a new hard drive at last, after all the problems I had with the ibook and having to send it back, I didn't rush into getting another backup job, but I saw a bargain at Maplin Seagate 500GB FreeAgent, and it seems to be worki... Hostile takeover / bidding war for a company I part own!It says here... actually I got a letter about this (in the same post as three more premium bond wins, ahem), actually a fat envelope of legal spiel about the offer. I can't remember how many shares I have, they were worth about £30,000 at one point b... HMV on the verge of buying ChannelflyFT has it here (Channelfly is now called MAMA Group... The other people who were interested in buying it are said to be considering their position... up your bid, up your bid! Looks like I might see nearly 10% of the stated value of the shares when I... Popex was shut down by ChannelflyChannelfly (now MAMA Group, part of HMV) bought PopEx and I ran it for them for five years or so, but eventually closed it down as it didn't make any money. They still own the rights (so HMV do now) but I do not imagine they would start it up again. ... Went swimmingWent to Tides today in Deal, "freeform leiisure pool" with slides and jacuzzi and wave machine and so on. Have been meaning to take Harry swimming again for ages, this was ideal. Harry loved it, so did we.Went out last night to the Everest with some ... Popex pay dayI have sold popex!OK, I actually sold popex about ten years ago, and stopped working on it nearly five years ago, but I got my final pay off this week. A cheque arrived yesterday for about two and a half grand, what should I spend it on? Gadgets and ...