Ah, Tomorrow's World was great, wasn't it? I could watch crazy people getting the future wrong all day. In the future we were to have everything; from jetpacks to sentient computers, Sinclair C5s to nuclear-powered hoovers. In a roundabout, disappointing way, that last one did actually happen.

...from time-to-time, the absence of Register-style judgement on the contents of a particular story is telling. Take this doozy, for example:UK IT should 'fire men first', says Kate Craig-WoodExpensive blokes' jobs should be gendersourcedYou can kind've hear the the journalist stepping back. 'Whoa! I'm staying out of this one'.

Wow.... Once again Apple has proven that it's willing to play by no-one's rules. How has Apple responded to the weak pound and the worst recession of recent memory? By jacking up the prices of its hardware massively.

We're often reminded of the power of citizen journalism when delivered through a fast, democratised medium such as Twitter. This morning we were alerted to the crash of a Turkish Boeing 747 at Schiphol airport through Twitter way before the media cottoned on to it. When I checked, the Schiphol Twitterfall was still busy.

There's little to seperate these two phones in price. But Apple, once again, has pipped everyone to the post in the usability stakes, at the cost of making a completely closed system. The G1 totally lacks Multitouch. Also, without significant multimedia capabilities, the G1 is little more than the first phone that Google could get onto the market. Good browsing is nice, but shouldn't we expect this by now?

I recently returned from a week off to immediately face a 12-hour press-tour and a trip to Ireland. I can safely say I've never had such a tiring week. My colleague Siobhan, who was with me in Dublin, is now jetting-off for a two-day business trip to Amsterdam. Frankly I don't know where she finds the stamina.International travel is tiring. By all means get involved in PR for the international glamour. But I'll be happy not to have to do it again for a while.