Looks like ex-Libertines frontman and token idiot Pete Doherty has shamed himself once more. According to an NME exclusive, he headbutted Razorlight lead singer Johnny Borrell in an ‘unprovoked attack’ backstage at the Leeds festival. As much as I detest Razorlight, he doesn’t deserve that. (Much.)

That detest is slowly wearing off though, seeing as Johnny apparently “put Doherty on the floor and left the dressing room”. Somebody needed to, and if it must be a long-haired croaky-voiced pop star, then I might just be able to cut him some slack.

When will Doherty realise that he’s just a, er, how do you put it.. IDIOT? I don’t understand how somebody who openly takes class A drugs, smashes people’s faces in on a regular basis for no apparent reason, and is generally a top class moron, can still manage to hang onto any ‘fans’ whatsoever.

Oh, and he can’t sing. At all.

Kind of shows the state of the human race, in fact.

Having preached about Firefox so much in the past I may as well be a fully ordained Mozilla priest, I and many of you would have no trouble installing the browser on a PC. However, it’s not as easy for somebody who uses a PC for only a few things, and never needs new applications.

But don’t let that put you off! You can still make the much-needed switch to more secure, speedy browsing. Webuse.info have a great total beginner guide to installing Firefox. The step-by-step guide also includes helpful screenshots to make sure you don’t lose your way and get totally lost.

If it’s for you, first off well done for reaching this page. I’m not being patronizing. Well I am, but seriously, well done.

If it’s not for you, print it off and give it to as many Net beginners as possible. You know it makes sense.

Step-by-Step Instructions for Installing Firefox (Cheers to Lifehacker for that one)

Hurricane Katrina, which killed 1 and injured many in Florida a few days ago, has reached New Orleans on the south coast of the USA.

Coverage is all over the Interweb of the terrifying windstorm - in which gusts of wind have been recorded up to 200mph. Here are some links to keep up with the news:

News sources

Hurricane set to lash New Orleans - BBC News
Reporters’ Log - BBC News
Hurricane Katrina Smashes Gulf Coast - National Geographic
Monster Hurricane Hits - Sky News
Google News search for ‘hurricane Katrina’

Other sources

Flickr Hurricane Katrina - including the amazing photograph of the Louisiana sky on the left.
Deadly Katrina - a hugely in depth specially made weblog detailing events.
Hurricane Katrina - another blogger’s story.

MyProgs.net allows you to keep track of all of the applications you use on your PC in the same way as you do links on del.icio.us.

You can tag programs and sort your favourite apps, and see what applications are ‘hot’ right now, by way of the Popular page.

You can now see my recent tagged applications down at the bottom of the right sidebar, courtesy of RSS2JS.

MyProgs.net

Here’s a rather interesting article for you. USA Today techie columnist Andrew Kantor takes a half-jestful look at how laws such as theft and copyright will stand up when faced against technology.

People are finding it harder and harder to find where the line is drawn for things like reproducing photographs - especially when it’s something that if mirrored in the offline world would be legal.

With technology, it’s easy to break the law… (via Make Blog)