Month: July 2007

Nazi Pop Twins

Do you remember Prussian Blue? They are a pair of blonde twins, Lynx and Lamb Gaede, who appeared, aged about ten, in a Louis Theroux programme about the US white supremacist movement. They wore t-shirts with a smiley-face Hitler logo and sang sweet songs about how much nicer life would be if it wasn’t for… Continue reading Nazi Pop Twins

Silver Ring Thing Lose Case

Lydia Playfoot, the daughter of the Silver Ring Thing’s UK organisers, has lost her case against her school[1] banning her from wearing her silver ring. The BBC quotes Miss Playfoot as saying that this ruling will mean that slowly, over time, people such as school governors, employers, political organisations and others will be allowed to… Continue reading Silver Ring Thing Lose Case

Double Negatives

If there’s one time in your life when it pays to be very careful about what you’re saying, then it’s when you’re answering questions about crimes that you have been accused of. You know, there’s that whole “anything you say will be taken down and can be used in evidence against you” thing going on.… Continue reading Double Negatives

Quick and Dirty Development

Nik Silver tells the truth about quick and dirty development. I was particularly interested in a couple of the points he makes: If you’re my customer and I’m your techie, then there’s a significant and unfortunate thing about quick and dirty that I need to tell you: You get the quick, but I get stuck… Continue reading Quick and Dirty Development

Geeks Pulling Together

A heart-warming tale from Ben Goldacre, author of the Guardian‘s Bad Science column (and also a forthcoming book on the same subject). It seems that his web site had rather outgrown the limits placed on it by his current hosting plan and his hosting providers didn’t like that. At one point they pulled the plug… Continue reading Geeks Pulling Together