Ashes cricket - ducks, golden ducks and diamond ducks

Ashes fever has struck England over the last few weeks. Already in the series down under records have been falling. England have scored over 500 runs in two consecutive innings, Swann took 5 wickets in an innings and there were ducks, golden ducks and even a diamond duck!!

But what are these ducks - what do they mean? The answer is in this week's article.

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Triond crisis as Malware strikes

Disaster struck at Triond headquarters today as Firefox browser security showed a Google report that rated Purpleslinky, Triond's entertainment site, as "suspicious". A speedy "three o'clock in the morning" blogpost from Triond blamed malware, adverts were withdrawn and, like a hospital with an MRSA outbreak, rapid cleaning began.

Later, Authspot, the writing site, became affected and efforts were redoubled at Triond HQ:

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Facebook is watching you!!

Without us realising it, Facebook is watching. Every picture, every child's name against a picture, every innocent reference to your holiday (how safe is your house?) and every full address (hang on, how safe is your house really!?).

Check what information you have shared! Check your privacy settings!! and finally, view this infographic...scared? you should be!!

Are squirrels a pest?

Much was made of the pesky nature of the squirrel on today's morning news!! It eats all your bird food, digs holes all over the garden to hide its nuts and then digs loads more holes trying to find them again. But is it all bad?

There are good things to say too: It gives great pleasure to all of us humans who love to see it tackling assault courses in the pursuit of a peanut or two. It generally looks pretty cute and is very photogenic. Ultimately it could be argued that we are the pests!! They were here first and we chase them from our prize gardens - so who is the pest? Good question!! Look...

Living with Autism

My son Matthew is 16 now and has Autism with complex additional needs including moderate to severe learning difficulties. This doesn't mean life is not good, it's just different!!

I tried to capture some of that "difference" in this poem called "The Boy at my Side". It focuses on a phrase that Matthew blurts out from time to time and explores what he might mean by this. Read more...