Collection of useful, relevant or inane places on the the Internets for 2nd Jan:

• not_with_a_bang_but_a_whimper – Dear CustomerI was very very stupid and didn’t make a proper backup. So my blog hosting site is gone forever when someone overwrote the database and I didn’t have a proper backup.

  The case for the prosecution of Cloud Computing as a stupid idea rests, mi’lud.

• IE lost share to Firefox, Safari and Chrome in December – Digital Lifestyle – Macworld UK – Frankly, the fat lady is singing for IE. It has almost no addons, it runs like a broken down donkey, it crashes like a overpriced car and looks ugly. Given Microsoft’s market dominance, the fact that it’s market share is slipping AT ALL means it is a really crap product compared to the opposition.