Whipped into a frenzy ...

Grrr & doh - swapping over an O2 simcard to a different handset, looked away for a moment, and the sim had vanished!

Spent almost an hour searching: under chairs/bags/ in books etc. On giving up, rang for a replacement; then headed for shower. On whipping down longjohns, out fell my ... sim.

How on Earth it got there, I have no idea. Hoping scratching of unsavoury areas weren't involved.

A fresh [?] mobile network ...

New O2-UK MVNO, giffgaff launched today. So payg simcard order placed, and I appear to be customer No 520.

With free on-net vid/voice calls & sms, may have to consider extending business mobiles to shopfloor - or at least parents [though they wouldn't look forward to being taught to use handset pop3 email, afforded by giffgaff 's free data introductory offer.

Good to see a network [re-]introducing free 0800 calls for mobiles - a value Ofcom has never pursued in the interest of the public.

The Microsoft Chronicles Of Riddickulousness ...

Desktops, ship-shape. Completed netbooks setup, running unexpectedly quickly [until security appns installed, that is!].

Laptop thorns however. Office Genuine Advantage happily informs that whilst my activation key is valid for Enterprise [as a large corporate user], and the XP Pro o/s is also genuine, Home & Student 2007 should be being used. So Office Enterprise has been invalidated.

Huh - a grubby student in a home, moi? This is not going to end well, or quickly. Cap'n Billy Gates - you're the pirate!