It's been a funny old week, hasn't it! We've slid into October; a time normally of coldness, endless crunchy leafy pavements and that sad first morning where you have to spend five minutes scraping ice off your automotive pride and joy. Not this year. We've enjoyed a very un-British 29C here, and we've seen personal computer legend Steve Jobs pass away. These are indeed odd times, especially as the number one thing that most people seem to be talking about is neither of these two suggestions. Instead, it is the new layout for Facebook. Basically, they've changed it from a simple chronological line (which makes sense) to a mishmash of posts from here and there. Mostly there. Now, I can't quite get the whole brou-ha-ha about it all, as it sits in my priority list alongside a minor political dispute in Southern Bengal, or EastEnders. The biggest thing that people seem to be flapping their arms about, apart from the hilarious claim I mentioned
last week about Facebook charging for their services, was the concern about privacy. Apparently, if you go out partying and post drunk pictures of yourself on the Internet, then other people may see them! I know, right?
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