We don't take memory as seriously as we used to - most computers nowadays have more memory than was dreamed possible twenty-odd years ago, and applications have expanded to fill the abundance available.

So while there are those that are still producing impressive code in 4k for example - I was geniunely impressed to run across this listing for 1K Chess on a ZX81. In the end, while Parsec is impressively small it still has access to massively more RAM and resources while it's running - the ZX81 only had 1k to play with full stop (unless of course you were filthy rich and had the 16k RAM pack).

In case anyone is vaguely interested, I've set up a CVS repository where all my future development work will be hosted. This is on a machine at home, so please don't expect lightning fast response times (or even 100% uptime!)

This project can be accessed using the following CVSROOT
:pserver:anonymous@edcourtenay.homelinux.com:/root

The module to checkout for this project is 'repton'.

I'd seriously recommend that you use a client like TortoiseCVS , but if you're using a command line CVS client:

cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@edcourtenay.homelinux.com:/root login
cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@edcourtenay.homelinux.com:/root co -P repton

I've also set up a web interface to the CVS repository here:
http://edcourtenay.homelinux.com/viewcvs/repton/

I decided a while ago that it would be nice to get to grips with SDL, but what with one thing and another I never got around to it. However, a couple of weeks ago I came across some SDL bindings for .NET, and I decided to re-write Repton.NET to use SDL as opposed to its original incarnation which used DirectX.

Anyway, a couple of screenshots from the development so far:

If you can read this, my domain has been successfully transferred from wwwserver to Netcetera. Whilst wwwserver provide an incredibly cheap Asp.NET hosting service and a very intuitive management system, their helpdesk support leaves a whole lot to be desired.

When a customer registers a problem on an automated helpdesk system, it is entirely unacceptable that the issue remains unanswered 48 hours later. At the very least acknowledge to the customer that the problem is being looked into, rather than leaving them wondering what on earth is going on.

As it is, I've lost two full days worth of emails in as many weeks due to their Email Forwarding service failing.

Sometimes cheap is not cheerful.

So, Davina McCall reckons that those of us who think that the nauseating Big Brother is obnoxious, vapid, mindless, soul-destroying crap are "pseudo-intellectuals who have never really watched it". Fair enough, I've not watched it at all - saturation media coverage has ensured that I know more about what happened on the programme than I want to. Pseudo-intellectual? Possibly.

But I'm sorry Davina, you can't seriously expect us to buy the line that "The people who go into that house are a cross section of British culture. They're not freaks."

Really? Is British society really soley comprised of media whores looking for Z-list celebrity status? If it is, maybe it's time to emigrate.