Dean Wilson is fast becoming known as the person who organises the best geek talks in London. He has previously arranged hugely successful nights for both GLLUG and london.pm. The web frameworks night that he organised last November is already legendary. And he has another extravaganza on the way. Next Monday he has arranged for… Continue reading Amazon Web Services Talk
Author: Dave Cross
Make Your Mind Up
The ex-Safety Elephant seems a little confused. BBC News, 26th April: Number 10 said Mr Clarke had offered to resign on Tuesday when the scandal was uncovered. In interviews, Mr Clarke said he had offered to quit on an earlier occasion as well. Charles Clarke’s statement – 5th May: The prime minister, as is his… Continue reading Make Your Mind Up
The Sultan’s Elephant
I’m sure that the Sultan’s Elephant pool on Flickr will grow substantially over the next couple of days. I hope to go up and see it some time tomorrow.
Clarke Axed in Cabinet Reshuffle
The BBC is reporting that the Safety Elephant has lost the Home Secretary job in today’s Cabinet reshuffle. John Reid will replace him. Good job Gordon Brown gave Clarke his full backing earlier today. What an excellent piece of news.
Creationism in Schools
I’ve just spotted this article from Tuesday’s Education Guardian which talks about the teaching of creationism in schools and concentrates on the visit to the UK of mad Australian creationist John Mackay. Of course, Richard Dawkins can always be relied on for a good quote: “The spread of Peter Vardy’s creationist beliefs into the academies… Continue reading Creationism in Schools
Save Blair – Vote Labour
Every vote for a Labour candidate in today’s council elections will be interpreted (by the government at least) as a vote in support for Tony Blair, his policies and the way he runs the government. Blair has been in a lot of trouble over the last couple of weeks. An announcement about his future can… Continue reading Save Blair – Vote Labour
Phone Progress
A few small bits of progress with the phone. I worked out what was wrong with the email settings. It really helps if you get the name of the outgoing mail server right There’s a test version of Symbian OggPlay ready for S60 V3. I’ve emailed them asking to be included in the test programme… Continue reading Phone Progress
Perl and MVC
I’ve written a short piece about Perl and MVC frameworks over at the O’Reilly Onlamp blog.
Marina Hyde on Charles Clarke
Marina Hyde takes her turn in having a pop at the Safety Elephant. And a very fine pop it is too. As the member for Norwich, of course, one expects him to have a Partridgean grasp of irony, but perhaps also has to wonder from whom or what he is taking his lead. The answer,… Continue reading Marina Hyde on Charles Clarke
Blair Kills Labour Vote
Polly Toynbee talks a lot of sense about the damage that Blair and his cabinet are doing to the prospective Labour Party vote in Thursday’s council elections. Awful, awful, awful,” one minister said just in from the doorsteps. “I felt we were holding on last week and then it just collapsed. Prescott was the last… Continue reading Blair Kills Labour Vote