If you're one of the 'lucky' 'fraction of a percent' that have been selected to test-drive a new Facebook feature where the live feed becomes a realtime stream along the right hand panel then no doubt you'll have initially thought it was just you, a Facebook bug, and something to temporarily put up with.

Then you gradually realise that it's a new layout "feature".

Sonic the Hedgehog turns 20 today!

I've already posted a few blog posts about my old secondary school, Ryeish Green School in Reading, which closed last year.

The victim of political bitchfighting in the local council created a storm of anxiety over the school's future, causing parents to send prospective students elsewhere. The Conservative-led council then used this point to successfully close the school. That was the official reason given anyway, but it's pretty well known that Wokingham Borough Council didn't like the school having a catchment area that included parts of neighbouring Reading Borough Council's less-affluent residents.

Since my last post about the school, almost a year ago, there have been some interesting developments, namely "free schools" - a piece of Conservative "Big Society" policy that allows groups to open their own school, with full state funding but without the need for the local education authority.

If you were watching the BBC News Channel earlier you may have spotted this on the early release of tomorrow's (Wednesday 25 May 2011) Daily Mirror front page...

All looks reasonably ok there, but if you take a closer look at the Natalie Cassidy story on the left you'd have seen this...

Today is my last day in Aberystwyth. After just over 5½ years working for Aberystwyth University Guild of Students, I'm relocating to Pembrokeshire where I've just bought a house with my partner.

It's definitely been a period of mixed emotions for me recently. Due to my partner's job I always knew it would have to be me to make the move in our relationship that, until now, had 70 miles between us. Now the time has come I'm excited about the future, sad to leave the great people at AberGuild yet also a little uneasy being as I'm yet to find a new job!

I've had my ups and downs whilst in Aber, but on the whole this town has given me some of the best experiences of my life. If anyone's reading this and thinking about coming to Aberystwyth University, I say do it! It's a brilliant place with brilliant people and Aber will always be in my heart.

Today is Census Day - the day where, once every ten years, the government takes an official count of its citizens. This year I've been getting annoyed with how people are whining over how many questions there are and how intrusive it is.