simon - it's been a very long time since we've seen each other or spoken. i'd rather not say directly who i am on the net. however, it's been fun to read your journal. i came upon it through a wikipedia entry for you (which will be deleted any day now unless someone makes a good argument to keep it), and had no idea that you have been writing it for 3 1/2 years! i do occasionally check in on the latest progress on your website - always intriguing to see what software you're writing. sorry also to hear that you have been diagnosed as coeliac; i seem to remember that a relative of yours (grandmother, great aunt or something) suffered from the same thing. i'm sure it's not difficult for you to guess who this is by the way - we spent a lot of time together, and even started a "company" when we were 14. by the way, was it just pure chance that you started writing this livejournal on the 216th anniversary of independence day?