A big busy admin day punctuated only by a Bagelmania mushroom soup. Got all of the October issue software reviews commissioned out, bar one product, had a vaguely entertaining forward planning meeting and called Gordon to discuss this week’s show. Swapped Korea photos with the other journalists from the trip and finally got my contract for the book, even if it was dated ‘199_’. Not a bad day, all in all, topped off by an invite to go and see Robbie Williams in Milton Keynes on the 20th. I said ‘yes’, of course, because I know too many people who’d kill me if I’d said ‘no’.

1. Robbie Williams
   I had yesterday all planned out with military precision. Then it all collapsed. I would go to the gym early, get a head start on...
   
   
2. Plug-in and go
   A quiet day in the office. Hardly anyone in, what with people off in Ireland (the trip I was supposed to be on) and working...
   
   
3. Good news by email
   The best news in a long long time arrived in my email today with a message from a guy called Jeremy saying that he had...