The BBC has gone all coy on us. In a current story about the former US marine Toby Studabaker they say that he is on trial for abducting a 12 year old girl that he met on the internet. They go on to say Mr Studabaker, 32, allegedly disappeared with the youngster from Greater Manchester,… Continue reading Coy BBC
Author: Dave Cross
Homes and Gardens and Hitler
There’s an article in today’s Guardian which asks some interesting questions about copyright and historical documents. Simon Waldman (the Guardian’s head of digital publishing) found an old 1938 edition of Homes and Gardens which contained an article about Hitler’s home. The article tells how he published scans of the article on his web site and… Continue reading Homes and Gardens and Hitler
NaNoWriMo
A day and a half into NaNoWriMo and I’m already a few thousand words behind schedule. The weekends are supposed to be a chance to get ahead of schedule so that you can slack off a bit during the week. Hey ho. If you’re interested, my feeble efforts are online.
Ergonomics
Someone in my office had a visit from the ergonomics police earlier this afternoon. I’d been feeling fine, but having half-overheard their conversation I’ve been getting all sorts of psychosomatic twinges in my back and wrists.
Peepill Who Look Evilll
Steve Bell on top form (as always) today. And a useful link to an archive of Steve Bell cartoons.
Hacker Logo
Eric Raymond is proposing that hackers[1] adopt a logo. It’s the “glider” symbol from Conway’s game of life. [1] By which he means hacker, not cracker.
Cannabis Downgraded
MPs have voted to downgrade cannabis from a Class B to a Class C drug. The changes in the law will come into effect early next year.
Cinema Overload
I’m contemplating a cinema overload on Saturday. I reckon that with a bit of planning I can see Holes, LXG and Kill Bill all at the Streatham Odeon one after the other. Of course, with it being Nov 1st I should be working on my NaNoWriMo novel, but I can just postpone starting on it… Continue reading Cinema Overload
Imploding Tories
As the Tories argue amongst themselves about which of them is best suited to lead the party into oblivion, I can’t help remembering what I wrote last December.
Strike-breaking
I crossed a picket line this morning and I feel really guilty about it. I had a couple of postal packages to pick up to I went down to the sorting office at 8am to find that it was closed due to industrial action. As I walked back I passed the picket line and one… Continue reading Strike-breaking