You know I'd never realised that about instant coffee - I did see a documentary about its manufacture once where they boiled some coffee in a vat and collected the 'flakes' from the floor, dried them, and put them in a jar. Kind of put me off a bit, that.

I do love computing in itself, but working in some businesses you really have to maintain a healthy dose of scepticism to maintain your sanity...

I think we have a common history!