Missles everywhere

Posted on Thu 10 July 2008 in misc • Tagged with politics

Andy pointed me to the excellent Photoshop Disasters site a few weeks ago. It very quickly become a favourite feed. Today's example has slightly more political consequences than the usual digital nip and tuck which seems to be so routine these days. It's becoming increasingly common, who remembers the Reuters …


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rms on the BBC

Posted on Thu 03 July 2008 in misc • Tagged with development

I see rms has a piece published on the BBC. You can read it here.


End of LUG Radio

Posted on Tue 01 July 2008 in misc • Tagged with development

Well it seems the chaps at LUGRadio are calling it a day. I only discovered the podcast last year and although it's quite long and full of swearing I generally found it very entertaining. The irreverent style blended quite well with the occasional deep technical geekery and random wittering. Time …


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Play the games you can win

Posted on Fri 27 June 2008 in misc • Tagged with politics

It speaks volumes about how much Labour believe in themselves that they put a candidate up for Henley, one of the safest Tory seats in the country but won't for Haltemprice and Howden. It's odd logic because there, with the Lib Dems stepping aside, they arguably stand a good chance …


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BBC Follow-up

Posted on Thu 26 June 2008 in misc • Tagged with politics

Well the moderators have finally got back to me on my previously mentioned blog comment. The "reason" was:

Comments posted to BBC blogs will be removed if they are considered likely to provoke, attack or offend others; are racist, sexist, homophobic, sexually explicit, abusive or otherwise objectionable; are considered to …


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