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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has condemned as "outrageous and illegal" a cyber-attack on a popular social networking website that hosts his blog.

The LiveJournal site was hit by a denial-of-service attack on Wednesday.

The site crashed after being bombarded with messages from thousands of infected computers, an expert from the Kaspersky Labs computer company said.

Russian media say a similar attack has now hit Novaya Gazeta, a newspaper often critical of official policies.

In his blog, President Medvedev said: "As an active user of LiveJournal I consider these actions outrageous and illegal.

"What has occurred should be examined by LiveJournal's administration and law enforcement agencies."

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And unrelated to the Russian president and all the rest of it, yesterday I cut into my ricotta insalata, which had been treated to a salting process for a week and then aging for a week in the fridge.

It is damn fine cheese. Not as firm or as dry as store-bought ricotta insalata, but quite firm, and with a lovely texture. And not too salty, either (probably because I didn't rub it down with salt every single day the way the book said to). I love this cheese.

I have to see what temperature you need to age cheddar at. That takes months to age properly but it might be worth it. (Mind, I'd need a cheese press to get it right, but even so.)