Woke at midnight. Couldn't sleep. So what do I do? Come out to the lounge and run a complete anti-virus scan. Then post about it here. Yes, a certfiable moment of madness. I'll go back to bed and sleep in about 15 minutes. I promise.

I know I haven't mentioned it lately but my son Andrew is a gem. A rare and genuine, precious and scintillating diamond of a person. It simply comes down to that. The kid is terrific.

Tomorrow, well this morning really at this point, we leave for Oxford by train. The organizers, officers and speakers at the annual ACCU conference are arriving the day before the program starts. We'll be getting to gether with a bunch of old friends and collegues for drinks and a meal later. I'm realy looking forward to this, marvelous people. Take a look at the ACCU web site at www.accu.org - you can even click on the link to the program. Whats more, if you know me or Alan, if you're in the area stop by and have a drink with us. If you're a programer or gamer you'll find some of the conference of great interest. Alan will be talking about game design and development on Saturday. I think he may drag me along to speak on the panel about game management designs related to code.

We had a lovely Thai dinner tonight with some very drinkable SE Australian wine. Moderately priced Australian wine has really improved recently to the point where I refuse to be ripped off by most French wines.