This blog has always run on Movable Type. It’s a great piece of software which makes building and running a site like this very easy. I run a couple of other sites on this server which are completely powered by MT. I’ve always had one small problem with MT tho’. And that’s the license. MT… Continue reading Movable Type 3.0
Month: May 2004
Silver Ring Thing
It seems that the Silver Ring Thing has its eyes on the UK. George Monbiot discusses the problems with their approach Abstinence campaigns such as the Silver Ring Thing do delay sexual activity, but when their victims are sucked into the cesspool (nearly all eventually are), they are, according to a study at Columbia University,… Continue reading Silver Ring Thing
Desecrating the Flag
I’ve never seen the point of patriotism. As far as I can see nothing good ever came out of people being patriotic. And one of the most stupid manifestations of patriotism is when people start to treat their countries flag as an object of reverence. I’ve always found it really funny when people in the… Continue reading Desecrating the Flag
Mickey Mouse Censorship
It seems that Disney has blocked the distribution of Michael Moore’s new film Fahrenheit 9/11 by its subsidiary Miramax. Apparently it will annoy the Florida Governor Jeb Bush and therefore might endanger millions of dollars of tax breaks that the Mouse Factory gets from the state government.
A Good Start
Things that make you like a new employer, number one. Arriving at your desk on the first day to be shown a computer and told to install whatever operating system you feel happy with.
A Lot Of Spam
I have a number of email addresses. And unfortunately many of them are on spammers’ lists. This means that it’s common for me to three or four copies of any spam that is going around. This morning, I checked my spam folder for the first time for a week. There was far more new spam… Continue reading A Lot Of Spam
The Da Vinci Code
When I first saw The Da Vinci Code in bookshops I was very interested as I love all that conspiracy theory stuff about the Templars, the Holy Grail and the early christian church. It’s over twenty years since I first read The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail and I still like to read a… Continue reading The Da Vinci Code
Old Bands
Bugger. I completely forgot that tickets for the New York Dolls gig at the Royal Festival Hall went on sale yesterday. And now there are only a small number of really crap seats left :( Amd while we’re talking about dodgy old bands, my stepdaughter went to see Hawkwind last night. She’s about the same… Continue reading Old Bands
Hal-An-Tow
Hal-an-Tow, jolly rumbelow We were up long before the day-o To welcome in the summertime To welcome in the May-o For summer is coming in And winter’s gone away Ok, so I wasn’t _actually_ up long before dawn, but you get the idea. Happy Mayday everyone.