Perhaps I need to travel a little faster. Or more often. Or something. The new Dopplr profiles are fun.
Month: June 2008
What I Did At Mashed 08
I was at Mashed 08 at Alexandra Palace yesterday. Unfortunately I didn’t have time to go back today, but I’ve made some progress on my project from home. It was a successful day all in all though. Here’s what I did. Watched Jonathan Tweed talk about the BBC /programmes api. If I hadn’t already had… Continue reading What I Did At Mashed 08
Political Web Sites
It’s the BBC Mashed hack session this coming weekend, so I suppose lots of people are trying to think of a project to work on. I have an idea that involves UK political web sites. I expect that most MPs have a web site. A far smaller number of them have a blog. Some of… Continue reading Political Web Sites
42 Is Not The Answer
Well that about wraps it up for the Labour Party as far as I’m concerned. Less than three years after they doubled the the amount of time that a suspect could be held without charge, they have pushed through a bill which increases the time by another 50%. If the bill gets through the Lords,… Continue reading 42 Is Not The Answer
Confusing Question
We were at our usual weekly pub quiz last night. One of the questions was this: Who is the current captain of the Starship Enterprise? I have to confess being rather confused by this question. Given that Star Trek is set two hundred (or so – I’m not a big fan, I don’t know the… Continue reading Confusing Question
Temptation
For probably the first time ever, I’m almost getting tempted by an Apple product. I mean, it’s still a lot of money to pay for a phone. And who would be happy with a music player that a) only has 16Gb of storage and b) won’t play sensible formats. But they do look nice.
Cross-Eyed Texan Warmonger
Time for our newly elected mayor to start earning his money. I may not agree with him on many things, but I love what he said about George W Bush. The President is a cross-eyed warmonger, unelected inarticulate, who epitomises the arrogance of American foreign policy. I wonder if Boris will be meeting Dubya on… Continue reading Cross-Eyed Texan Warmonger
Lowering My Blood Pressure
I like a bit of controversy in my RSS feeds. I subscribe to feeds from the Daily Mail and the Sun – papers that are guaranteed to get my blood boiling. An occasional increase in blood pressure can be most invigorating. But I’ve just removed an RSS feed from my list of subscriptions because there… Continue reading Lowering My Blood Pressure
Food Chain
We’ve acquired a cat. My step-daughter has come back from university bringing a cat with with her. And we get to look after it while she goes off on a two-month world tour with her boyfriend. I have no objections to this at all. I like having a cat in the house. What has been… Continue reading Food Chain
More York Reviews
Finishing the reviews of things we did in York last weekend. The BiltmoreHad a bit of a lucky escape here, to be honest. We walked past one lunchtime and it looked nice so we went in and booked a table for that evening. It took them ages to find someone who knew how to take… Continue reading More York Reviews