I'd just like to wish everyone here - especially Erin and the staff - a merry Christmas and a happy, prosperous new decade. For those who are offended by me calling it Christmas, well, that's what we call it over here and I'm offended that it should be called anything else. After all, that's what it is.

Any-who, I'd also like to bring you all up to speed with Google Chrome.

When Erin first suggested it, I was a little hesitant, but I have to say I like it. Okay, you have to manually clear the browser's history, unlike Firefox, which does it every time I close it, but it's a small price to pay for a browser that unlike IE*, attracts almost no unwelcome intrusions.

I have posted stories and blogs and have found nothing to detract from a simple, easy to use application.

On the other hand, I still have to use Firefox for playing on-line games - which I tend to do far too much of, as Chrome isn't supported.

With my new course off to an albeit tentative but positive start, I now have three browsers to check my work in - which is excellent.

Speaking of checking my work, I finally got Adobe CS4 - Web Premium through and because of Christmas and the fact that I have started going through the coursework, I have only really had the chance to check out Dreamweaver, the website building package, not Photoshop or Illustrator as yet, but it won't be long.

I don't know that my old computer will be able to cope with the resources these programs need to run and it looks as though a new one is going to have to go near the top of the list for needful things, but I'm happy so far.

I think me and Dreamweaver will get along famously, but whether it will lead to paid work remains to be seen.

So that's it. I've wished you all a merry Christmas (there, I said it again), a happy and prosperous new decade, peace on Earth, good will to all and see ya later.

Hugs

Nick B