This week marks my last batch of exams for this session at university (thankfully). So, while huge updates will be appearing over the forthcoming months of summer nothingness, the next week will see this place almost turned into a desert. Sorry, but it’s going to be an intense few days of studying, catching up with people who I’ve had to side-line for the past few weeks, and generally celebrating the end.

After that though, big things. Including, but not limited to, an idea I’ve had for a long time now which will amount to an entirely new way of looking at this site. But that is then and this is now.

Since my palindrome checking code is getting a fair few hits, I thought I would update it. The optional second parameter is now gone, because it was a lot of hassle for little reward.

Additionally, I thought I’d create a little interface for it. Behold, the Online Palindrome Checker. It’s just a simple form, but it works well enough.

Bonus: if you use the Gecko family of browsers, you can use the automatic search feature (outlined earlier) to set up a keyword to it. Personally, I use the rather obvious choice of “Palindrome”. You might want to try something else.

Anger Management is an ok film – worthy of the few juvenile laughs it gets – as long as you can ignore the ridiculous yet utterly predictable plot, and realise that Adam Sandler is far from a character actor. Or even an actor. Would I recommend you go see it? No. Wait for it to go to video. Or TV.

Got a NetMD 707 or 505 player? Really desperate for the additional features found in the MZ-N1? Well, thankfully, it will cost you nothing. I recently found a site detailing how to hack the EEPROM to re-enable the nicer features. So if you want to hack your MD then follow that link.

I can confirm that it does work on the 707 (v1.3), and assume it works on other versions as well. It’s worth it for the adjustable speed alone.

Never has there been a truer word spoken than this article on mobile phones. I have to agree with the punishments for those using mobiles in public in an inconsiderate manner, especially the last one.