Understanding your computer

If you have any interest at all in what is happening under the hood in your computer, then this is well worth taking a look at.

Similarly, if you ever wondered why people were still using mainframes, then check this out.

Get them off of me!

I went to see Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets last week.

I'd completely forgotten that there's a really nasty spider scene in it for about 20 minutes.

During said scene, I nearly broke Erin's hand. Every time I realised that I was gripping it very hard, I started to reduce my grip, looked back at the screen and gave a yelp, redoubling my attachment. I also itched all over, causing my leg to jerk a few times when I felt things move up it.

I have also woken up 3 times in the last week following nightmares concerning spiders. Once where tiny spiders were coming in through the air vents of a car, once where there were spiders in trees and on walls, but nobody else would believe me, and one that's thankfully faded from memory.

Bear in mind that my spider fear is far, far less than it was a few years ago. I can now fairly happily deal with small spiders (i.e. half-inch in diameter or less). Large hairy beasts are another matter.

Nevertheless, telling my workmates caused an spider-stories conversation that has left me itching all over.

So, next time someone recommends that I watch Ticks or Arachnophobia or Eight Legged Freaks because "the spiders are more funny than scary", I'm going to tell them exactly what they can do with their spiders.