Disappointment

99% of the time I love living in the UK and, particularly, living in London. However this weekend the country did three things that have royally pissed me off. 1/ The Weather It was too damn hot all weekend. I know that most people complain that the UK is too cold and too wet, but… Continue reading Disappointment

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NotCon 04

Let’s make some notes about what I saw at NotCon before I forget everything. On arrival I took a wrong turn and ended up missing Danny O’Brien’s Life Hacks talk which I really wanted to see. Instead I ended up in the geolocation session. The most interesting talks for me were Earle talking about OpenGuides… Continue reading NotCon 04

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Dead Presidents

Manchester Online has a story about Morrisey commenting on the death of Ronald Reagan at a gig in Dublin. Apparently this got a large cheer from the audience and when he went on to wish that George Bush would die too he got an even larger cheer. Pretty standard stuff from a once -contraversial figure… Continue reading Dead Presidents

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St George

Today’s Guardian had a St George’s flag wrapped around it. But to ensure that Guardian readers were flying the flag for the right reasons, it came complete with small print. By flying this flag I would like to show my support for the England team but: 1/ Wholeheartedley reject any connotations of xenophobic nationalism 2/… Continue reading St George

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“Upgrade” Your OS

Whilst poking around the web seeing if I can legitimately buy MP3s of the Faithless album I came across Virgin’s download service. I have no idea if there’s anything useful available there as I was blocked at the front page for having the wrong operating system. A useful little pop-up window informs me: So to… Continue reading “Upgrade” Your OS

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Faithless

I’ve just failed to buy a copy of the new Faithless album because they (or, more likely, their record company) have chosen not to make it available in CD format. There’s a foramt that looks like a CD and will probably play in most CD players, but it had a sticker on it saying that… Continue reading Faithless

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They Work for You

I’ll write more about NotCon 04 when I have more time. but it’s worth pointing out TheyWorkForYou.com which is a record of all UK parliamentary debates since 2001. A lot of great work has already gone into this and I’m sure there will more interesting features added in the coming months. If you’ve ever tried… Continue reading They Work for You

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