Andy Warhol started it with his statement "In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes." We can see some of the truth of it in the reality shows 'Idols', 'America's got talent' (huh??), etc.

A second here, a second there. An it all adds up, as the International Telecommunications Union (ICU)  votes to abolish the 'Leap Second'. (Leap second could be abolished - The Telegraph, 11 January 2012).

On Monday 2nd January - a holiday here in Cape Town - I received an sms advertisement for life insurance.

Some people always seem to get it wrong, even when they have the best intentions in the world.

In the last six weeks I have entered at least 10 competitions where the prize has been '1 of 5' iPads. These have been simple draws (reply to this email), to surveys, to renewing a subscription and even renewing my post box. There have been numerous others that I have not entered as I did not really trust the operator.

In September 2011 the scientific world was in uproar. The OPERA experiment run by CERN indicated that neutrinos could exceed the speed of light.

With the introduction of the current information bill, I will never be able to vote for you again. And I have voted for you - ever since you were unbanned.

Google, I would have thought, was in the Information Business. So what is it doing in cars?

Is Censorship possible in the cyber age?