I've just discovered that we're into a new calendar year. What about that: it's 2000 already, plus a year or two.

I hope you're not reading this to find out what's going on in the late breaking news department.

A few new words:

cybereft (adj.): how you feel when your internet connection is taken away. The feeling that comes over you when you're lying awake in a tent, a long way away from electricity.

gasolinux (noun): what the Open Source movement is powered by.

furtle (verb): an attempt to move furtively, and then tripping over a turtle. To bungle a burgle.

And happy new 'ear to you, for whatever year you're in.