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This story broke last night on the Guardian website:

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/apr/18/hmrc-to-sell...

Although it's not clear that it has come from an official HMRC statement (I couldn't find anything on its website), the timing of this -- the Friday evening / Saturday morning of the Easter bank holiday weekend -- feels like someone finding a good time to bury controversial news.

I too noticed the quality of the report. I know what it is and what it is for as soon as I start reading. Well laid out, succinct, contact details and further links for each item.

It's all very encouraging.

This report has only made me want to try FreeBSD even more at some point.

Some highlights for me were:

- FreeBSD on Chromebook - Chromium port - Improved Wine port

Oh, excellent. Thanks very much for the reply.

In the bug thread linked in above, it's mentioned that it will be fixed in Debian and then included in an SRU (Stable Release Update) for Ubuntu 14.04.

Does that mean July 24th or might it be earlier, do you know?

So I'm not the only one... :)

Personal cultural reference for those who are confused:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loom_(video_game)

"We couldn't be happier."

"We look forward to this transition as the next step."

"As of today, we are no longer enrolling new users. "

"Existing users can continue to use our service until ..."

"We want to do whatever it takes to make any transition as smooth as possible."

"We have worked hard on our product and feel that our vision aligns perfectly with ..."

This is a real shame. Python 3.4 and bundled pip support was high on my list of reasons of why I should upgrade to 14.04 sooner rather than later. I think I'll wait now until this is smoothed out.

Csíkszentmihályi termed the concept "flow" because in his interviews in the mid 1970s lots of people used water metaphors, of being borne along by a current, to describe their experience of the state.

The OED has a draft entry (2002) for "in the zone" that says its origins are chiefly US sport. Its earliest citation is a 1976 San Francisco Chronicle article about tennis:

Tennis players speak reverently of the mystical atmospheric condition known as ‘The Zone’ Passing shots chip away at the lines, first serves pop in and mistakes simply don't materialize.

The next citation is from 1990, and refers to the more general creative sense.

Performers, surgeons, or creative artists..find that most important parts of their lives occur when they are ‘in the zone’.

Source is the New Age Journal. Notice how it is no longer capitalised.