Well worth a look. I'm a little disturbed to discover that in over 100,000 people, my browser is unique. Not sure what I can do about that…

God, has it really been going that long? (Yes, I know, the print edition has been going longer.)

"what’s the next era that’ll capture people’s imaginations in that way, as a point of change, a shadow looming over what comes after, the image still burned in our culture’s retinas?"

Trying this out at work. Initial stuff seem positive.

This is very tempting. Certainly, if the DEB bill passes in it's present form, I'll be switching to this, or something very like it. (I tried TOR for basic web browsing, but it's sufficiently slow and fucked that I stopped again.)

Ever wondered what it would be like to perform surgery on yourself? No? Why not? Well, anyway: here's a description of what it's like to have to give yourself an appendectomy. In the Antarctic. With next to no help.

Clay Shirky opens up a serious can of worms, noting that women do not push themselves forward in the way men do. Part of me wants to say "well, *duh*". Shirky suggests that if women behaved in a more self-aggrandising manner, they'd get more equal treatment. I'm just not sure that I want to encourage any more people to behave like some of the self-promoting male pricks I've met.

Tom Coates identifies some of the problems with what Shirky is suggesting – the problem isn't just that women don't push themselves forward, but often that the wrong people do, and what we should be focusing on is ensuring that everyone correctly advertises their own level of experience and ability – that those that *do* self-promote heavily while they can be useful, can just as often be a total pain.

Danah Boyd's repose to Shirky and Coates is excellent reading.

Trafalgar Square at noon on Saturday. Anyone interested?

I urgently need to borrow five or more children, ages 8-11.

Just in case anyone reading this has been dropped on their head recently, here's a campaign aiming to raise awareness of the quackery of homeopathy masquerading of "complementary" medicine. Of particular relevance is the "what's the harm?" link, because that'' explain *why* we need to make sure people understand that this crap is a scam to part the gullible from their money, just like Reiki and other similar kinds of bullshit. I all for holistic treatments, and accepting the western medical science does not yet have all the answers, but I also believe it's vital to know where the lines between "we don't know why it works", "we're not sure if it works" and "we *know* it doesn't work" are drawn.

I am not 100% convinced by this, just because of the simple practicalities – I do not want to be fixing my fairly hefty lenses to something the size of a compact – I suspect the balance and weight will be fucked, and shooting will feel awkward. But I admin, I'd like to be able to have a play with one of these for a bit, particularly when Nikon and Canon get in the game.

I don't think I'm <em>too</em> guilty of these. Generally, I've only done one or two of these things to a photo. Honest.

Wow. This is an excellent move. Certainly it's making me seriously consider voting for them.

You're bound to see/have seen this one all over the place today. Still worth logging, and very, very impressive of Google to do it. Will be interesting to see what the outcome shakes out to be, although I suspect I can guess… Also, obviously, this is a massively concerning thing that China is doing, and well, fingers crossed it'll stop with exposure, although again….

Yeah. And *this* is exactly why I stopped giving them any more data. Creepy as fuck.

Ever done any of these things in an internet argument? Yeah, well, me too. Let's just put it behind us, and try and be better people from now on, eh?

Apparently looking at lots of porn really *isn't* healthy for human relationships. Who knew?

I think I must find some people, and somehow stage this. It would be *amazing*.

12 people, stumping up less that 50 quid each could all get 40 copies of a 12 page full colour printed product that would be easily saleable for 1.50 plus P&P. That's a tabloid newspaper page to do with as you will, and ten quid in your pocket. Creative people out there: what would you fill your page with?

Thoughts like this are on my mind at the moment for a few reasons. I have three blogs and an LJ, and while each of them serve a distinct purpose, they really all are just personal things – there is no particular reason why anyone who doesn't know me would want to read them. Which is fine and dandy, and I find all of them useful and rewarding, or I wouldn't be keeping them, but I am wondering if there's a way I could restructure them to make them a bit more interesting to the casual visitor.