I wrote a first-draft version of what follows in a comment on a friend’s blog, and I think that in the process of writing it I got as close to a reasoned articulation of my problems with the organised (and even the disorganised) faiths of the world as I’ve ever managed. So I’m revising it, [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Badgers and Jam'
Cameron/Clegg
May 12th, 2010 No Comments
So, new government. As a staunch non-Tory, am I wailing and rending my garments? Well, no. Odds are tomorrow will be pretty much like yesterday, and will remain so. I’m not wild about the £6bn in cuts, but whoever won would have had to do similar, so I’m not going to instantly decry them. I [...]
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On the General Election
May 5th, 2010 No Comments
I’ve been keeping my gob shut on the politics front for the last few weeks, because I haven’t wanted to get into it with some of my friends, and because I haven’t decided how I’m going to vote yet. I don’t want to get into economics, or ideology, because I’m not 100% up to date [...]
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Post DEB Post
April 8th, 2010 No Comments
So, the Digital Economy Bill passed. What now? Well, first of all, you might consider writing to your MP again. Here’s what I’m sending. You’d need to amend it a bit to reflect your specific circumstances, but it might be worth doing. Dear Sadiq Khan, I wrote to you a few weeks ago, regarding the [...]
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On The Death Of Digital Democracy
March 16th, 2010 No Comments
Write to your MP. Do it now. What about? Well, you may have heard me and others carping on about the Digital Economy Bill. I’m going to set aside how I feel about it (although I’ll come back to that another time) for a moment, and just accept that some sort of Bill with that [...]
30 Days – Day #25: My Day In Detail
December 25th, 2009 No Comments
Well, I woke up, scratched, swung my legs out of bed, put one foot in front of the other, etc etc. Yeah. You don’t actually need all the detail, do you? I’ve had a bloody lovely day. Bucks Fizz and a croissant, the company of my family, a phone call with my grandmother, a turkey [...]
30 Days – Day #24: The Holiday Season
December 25th, 2009 No Comments
The holiday season is in full swing, and while you’ll hear all about my day in full boring detail later, because that’s the next topic, I thought I’d use this “whatever tickles your fancy” to talk about the holiday season in general, and what it means to me. I’m not religious in any sense that [...]
30 Days – Day #23: A Video
December 24th, 2009 No Comments
Playing catchup. Longer post tonight, probably. Anyway, I know the meme said “YouTube video”, but I like Vimeo more, and I particularly like this video, about the unseen digital ghosts that haunt our world. Immaterials: the ghost in the field from timo on Vimeo.
30 Days – Day #22: A website
December 22nd, 2009 No Comments
Just one? But I’ve worked on so many… Debenhams was the first website I ever did any professional work for. This is Local London was the first website I was responsible for the upkeep of. ipoints was the first website I ever really enjoyed working on. I’ve spent the last few years working on a [...]
