Gratuitous post for colleagues en vacance. The much pondered shop opposite the office in deepest Bromley has finally de-cloaked and been revealed as a "Shoe Boutique". I suspect this means that German para boots are not in stock.

We're still puzzled as to how to pronounce Chelly Mhoes, the ligature that's been added to the sign to reduce the poor kerning between the "M" and "hoes" probably means that Chelly Em-hose wasn't the correct pronunciation. Also it is still unknown as to whether Chelly Mhoes is a (bad) Spoonerism for Smelly Shoes...

Harry hits the nail on the head about most of the so-called warbloggers, their strategy seems to be entirely based upon hyperbole. Think of a bunch of drunken racists each trying to out-brag or out-shout each other and you'll get close.

Perhaps unusually I rarely read any of these people, although I suspect I'm far from alone. There are ways to build more traffic, shouting and saying outrageous things may be initially gratifying (and sometimes a bloody relief to be able to let off steam), but do I really want to turn into Howard Stern? Do I want that sort of readership?

My answer to that is no. I'm going to keep doing what I've been doing, and try to stay focussed on writing better and providing useful content. Most of all I want a blog that I'm not ashamed of, if in doubt I'll re-read Edd's post about intellectual honesty.

Martin's P900 has arrived, Rafe, Russ and Anil have been side-talkin' (although Anil has already moved on), Frank, Russ and Anil (spot a trend?) are tooled up with Nokia 6600s - although Frank's is already on eBay!

I definitely need a bigger toy budget, and I really want to have a play with the Sendo X and Siemens SX1 before deciding about whether to choose a 6600. Also the Nokia 7700 looks interesting enough that I may decide to wait for that anyway. Matt Croydon and I seem to be forming a 7700 fan-club...