A friend of mine has organised a panel debate on the subject of :"Free our Data". The blurb runs as thus:

"Should social researchers have unlimited access to the data that Government collects about individual UK citizens? Would the benefits of better evidence on which to base social policy outweigh …

After a very pleasant weekend I am back to the grind. I spotted a bit of a flaw in my assumptions at the end of last week which called into question the use of templates for my static compile tables. Luckily today's re-factoring of my code seems to have worked …

It's tempting to comment on today's release of Vista but I suspect I shall wait until reports of machines being bricked when drivers start getting remotely revoked by Microsoft.

Instead I thought I would offer a comment on the Catholic Church complaining they haven't been given the right to discriminate …

A bunch of stuff has been on the news that is causing a mini-rant to bubble from my unconscious mind. So here I go:

First things first, the murders in Suffolk. While the responsibility for the murders must always be that of the perpetrator there are a few things that …

Coming via Slashdot I came across this article today. It's quite a thorough piece examining the data on Climate change and more importantly it's presentation. I was especially impressed by the linked source material which is a pretty complete (although not peer reviewed and published) scientific paper. It comes with …