BBC presenter Jeremy Clarkson thought the furore over the government’s loss of the personal details of 25 million people as a storm in a teacup. In an effort to prove this Clarkson published his bank account details and information on how people could find out his address in a national newspaper.

Believing that “All you’ll be able to do with them is put money into my account. Not take it out. Honestly, I’ve never known such a palaver about nothing”.

However, Clarkson admitted he was wrong after he discovered a £500 direct debit had been set up in favour of the charity Diabetes UK.

Now why couldn’t someone have taken the sexist ignoramus for more?

Source: The BBC here & here

It’s been a month since I announced the closure of OutofRange. In that time, I’ve decided that the closure isn’t permanent. I’ve tweaked the design and updated the links.

Those of you looking for past content will be disappointed I’ve removed it all – it’s a fresh start.

Version II of OutofRange.net has been running for two years, and I have allowed it to take up ever-increasing amounts of my time. This has been to the detriment of my family and ultimately a grave mistake. I have been careless with the things that are important it is time to stop.

Will OutofRange reappear I cannot honestly answer, a part of me would like to continue in a more sensible form, however I am also relieved to have taken the decision to stop. The things that really matter to me are not in cyberspace – I seemed to have largely forgotten this. Not anymore.