I am constantly cutting text from one place and pasting it into another. I’m fussy about how my documents appear, so I very frequently use ‘paste special / unformated text’ so that whatever I’m pasting takes on the formatting of the document I’m preparing.

Here’s a super-useful utility (PureText) that allows me to use CTRL-c to [...]

Updated 10 Oct 05: Gravatars are, how shall I put it, INTERMITTENT. Sometimes your lovely Gravatar will show up. Sometimes you will be a grey or black box. The man from gravatar.com is trying to fix things as quickly as possible.

Updated: 30 Sep 05. They’re fixed.

There’s a problem with displaying Gravatars (globally recognised avatars) at [...]

Ron Dennis claims here: itv.com/f1 – Dennis ambivalent about Alonso that it’s not sour grapes when he says newly crowned World Champion Fernando ALonso isn’t as good as his drivers Kimi Raikkonen and Juan Pablo Montoya.

Ron, you’ve got it wrong this time, son.

Fernando has driven a great year. He won when he needed to win, [...]

Over the last few days, details have been emerging about the arrangements for F1 driver Jenson Button in 2006 and beyond.

Jenson is getting what he wanted: he has been released from his contract with WilliamsF1 and will drive for BAR Honda. This isn’t Frank Williams being magnanimous, mind you. Some serious lucre is changing hands [...]

Check this out.

Not much more to say, really.

Ulead Systems has released version of of MediaStudio Pro, their high-end video editing application. See this for details.

Main changes are highlighted here and the comparison with version 7.3 is here.

Not highlighted are a couple of exclusions: CG Infinity and VideoPaint, both part of the MSP 7.0 suite, are no longer included with MSP 8.0. However, [...]

Speculation (see this) in the press suggests that Buttongate II, the wrangling over which team British Formula 1 driver Jenson Button will be part of in 2006, is over. It’s been suggested that a financial settlement between Jenson Button, WilliamsF1 (the team which holds a contract for his services in 2006) and BAR (his current [...]

Out with the curves and the insipid blue. In with sharp angles, strong lines and bold colours.

Why? Because I can. It’s a learning thing.

What do you think?

[PS: I’ve also upgraded to WordPress 1.5.2. This shouldn’t change much ‘up front’. Let me know if you come across any problems.]

It was announced overnight that WilliamsF1 will switch from Michelin to Bridgestone tyres for 2006 and beyond.

Mighty Monza—home of the Italian GP. A wonderful, fast circuit—steeped in history. Great aerial photo after the jump.

Update (21 Sep 05): The final version has been released (see post above) and the Beta has been withdrawn. Try before you buy is available here.

Ulead Systems has released it’s high-end video editing software for general (public) beta trial.

What is that odd-looking structure on the top of Nick Heidfeld’s Williams racer at the recent Monza tests?

More pictures, and my guess after the jump.