Another exercise for the reader: why is it that, after getting a much faster internet connection, I am much less inclined to write anything here? I guess it's because I have a lot of other things on my plate. In fact, not only do I have a lot of things on my plate, but I have an entire additional set of crockery that's fully loaded. Which still doesn't explain why I spent most of the day at home in front of the screen downloading stuff and wandering around websites. Such as those nice people at ntk (no link provided -- find them yourself), who seemed to appreciate the crossword thingy. I feel a little glimmer of pride. Almost.