Yes, you heard me. If you are based in the UK, get out there and vote for the Liberal Democrats. I shall elaborate later today (just hoping to catch early voters at the moment).

Update: 22:10 (Voting is over now):
Clearly the current Labour government needs to be retired so that it can be refreshed (I do feel that Gordon Brown is unable to take the country in the direction he wants because he has been a senior figure for so long and perhaps supported Tony Blair more than he should have), and the Conservatives will be the government of the rich, by the rich, for the rich. Therefore, the only party that can realistically bring change for the better is the Liberal Democrats. Before the election campaign, most people didn't even know who Nick Clegg was, whereas the television debates have helped to show off both Nick and the policies of the Lib Dems (as they are often called) to the British public - consequently the Liberal Democrats have risen from the perennial third party in British politics to a serious contended for this election (indeed, they were even the most popular party at one point recently, according to several polls). Newspapers and even celebrities have switched their loyalties to the Lib Dems, including people involved in comedy such as Tim Minchin (who I did a post about recently) and possibly, by implication, Graham Linehan (creator of shows such as Father Ted and The IT Crowd) (I offer you this information not because I think you should use celebrities as inspiration for your vote but, rather, because their comedy exposes their views and the way in which their mind works, whether or not you feel your views align with theirs will tell you to an extent, whether or not you are likely to want to vote for the same party). Even the internet in general seems to support Nick - I highlighted abuse of David Cameron several months ago, but here is just a taste of the Lib Dem support.

I could go on for ages about various issues, but nobody likes reading through a huge amount of text on a blog, so comment if you want me to talk about more stuff.

(If you don't understand the title of this post, click here).

Good morning and welcome to the second decade of the second millennium AD (or CE, if you prefer that), if nobody else has bothered to welcome you. I know I haven't been posting much here lately (although I was tempted to do a personal post, like some of Rory's posts, once or twice), and I don't expect that to change - but something is better than nothing isn't it? I thought I'd share a preview of the 2010 series of Doctor Who:

This afternoon I finally got around to watching last weekend's F1, and consequentlly decided to find two entertaining extracts on YouTube so I could share them here:
Jenson, Master of the Universe


Brawn's Story


In other news, the HTC HD2 is still only in the hands of a select few (including Stephen Fry, who apparently likes it despite being an Apple-lover) and it doesn't look like any network will be getting it significantly before it is available unlocked (week beginning 2nd Nov is the latest O2/T-Mobile rumor, vs 11th Nov for the unlocked version). Coupled with the fact that demand is very high and the Touch Pro2 and Hero are already stretching HTC's manufacturing output to its limit, it would be advisable to pre-order a HD2. It's available for pre-order on a number of websites, but Amazon is arguably the most reliable and effortless way to ensure you'll get a HD2 sooner rather than later:

As you can see from the title, I have returned to this blog after my break and I'm now posting again. I have a few bits of news but I'll group them all into this post rather than do separate posts for each of them:

Beerware source code
The source code for all of my recent software is available here - I've finally made a system for sharing the code. I will be adding the source code of my less recent software in due course. If you find the code difficult to understand or compile ("Real programmers don't comment their code - if it was hard to write, it should be hard to understand"), you can ask me about it, but I don't really care - I don't have the time to offer customer support and free open-source software, on top of doing a degree and having a life. I might add some readme files alongside the source code though, which will give you some information that you may not be able to work out yourself (e.g. what you can use to compile the code).

Emptosoft Chat v1.1
If you followed the link in the above section, you may have noticed that there's source code for Emptosoft Chat v1.1 sitting there, despite no release announcement. That's because I have finished Emptosoft Chat v1.1 (I might start work on v1.2 tomorrow - I'll see if I can get that handy popup that comes up while the software is starting to come up in more places) but I haven't yet announced and released it yet - before I release it, I want to get it compiled on a Mac (so it's compatible with OS X, Linux and Windows), screenshot some of the new features, and write a decent release post. Of course, if you want to try it now (it's much improved - you shouldn't encounter bugs unless you're immensely unlucky), please feel free to download the source code, compile it yourself and buy me a beer (I've barely had any alcoholic beverages for months). BTW, if you think any of the source code for Emptosoft Chat or any of my other software is bad, it probably is - I am learning as I make the applications.

g400.co.uk
I'll be changing the images that appear on the front page of g400.co.uk at some point over the next few days - some more epic and interesting photos are on their way. By the way, I do not randomly change the image there when I feel like it - there are 10 images that rotate. (I've been asked a few times about that).

Music
That's right. I'm going to leave you with some nice music. As always, it's worth putting high quality mode on (I don't know of any way of turning on that mode by default via the code on this blog) and listening to the music through some decent headphones or speakers. Enjoy.