There’s nothing like a good price hike on your train fare to put you in the best frame of mind for the New Year. But considering Christmas consisted of a mixture of fitting an outside toilet, struggling to master Virtua Tennis on Sony PSP and socks, it’s perhaps unsurprising that things haven’t got off to the best of starts.

I’ve been cheered immensely though by the numerous Micro Mart readers who have contributed over the Festive Season to our Windows Crashing feature. The idea behind it is simple: when there’s a public information screen of some sorts that shows Windows in a state of disrepair, they snap a photo and send it over to us. And we print one a week.

Only thing is, we might have to make more space at this rate. Recent contributions seem to cover most airports, motorway service stations and airports, along with Universal Studios, NASA and Times Square. It’s surprising how many of those screens are powered by Windows XP, and it’s surprising how badly XP covers its tracks when it’s gone tits up.

Not to worry though. Vista will make it all better…!