Sunday 26 December 2010
Wednesday 22 December 2010
Saturday 18 December 2010
Friday 17 December 2010
Thursday 16 December 2010
http://www.eggwatchers.com takes no account of (b) height above sea level and (b) initial water temperature. Tsk.
Even if you disagree with its Keynesian message, this anti-austerity argument is compellingly put http://youtu.be/FmsjGys-VqA
Monday 13 December 2010
Friday 10 December 2010
Thursday 9 December 2010
Tempted to follow this business plan to the letter http://j.mp/e1ElnA - has anyone got Big Al's number?
Tuesday 7 December 2010
Monday 6 December 2010
Friday 3 December 2010
Thursday 2 December 2010
Monday 29 November 2010
Anybody reading Nadine Dorries MP's latest blog post might also want to read this http://j.mp/f9W5s3 and compare its conclusion with hers
Sunday 28 November 2010
Thursday 25 November 2010
Wednesday 24 November 2010
Saturday 20 November 2010
Friday 19 November 2010
Thursday 18 November 2010
Live radio commentary on Australia A v England: http://www.abc.net.au/sport/stories/2010/11/17/3068574.htm cricket
Wednesday 17 November 2010
Monday 15 November 2010
Good piece on the enigma of Zulqarnain Haider by Osman Samiuddin: http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/487268.html cricket
Friday 12 November 2010
An article with actual information and actual links to sources on TwitterJokeTrial: http://j.mp/aMZ6xb (2nd half)
Thursday 4 November 2010
Wednesday 3 November 2010
Tuesday 2 November 2010
Cameron: "Automatic guillotines for children from the poorest families" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHR6-KN-8uI
Monday 1 November 2010
Well-written and researched, and profoundly depressing. Basically it's still 2001 in browser compatibility land http://j.mp/9AnPrX
This, in a nutshell, is why I don't see myself wearing a suit too often in the future: http://youtu.be/khRKBrky5Lo /via @parkparadigm
Friday 29 October 2010
Tuesday 19 October 2010
Wednesday 13 October 2010
Thursday 7 October 2010
Tuesday 5 October 2010
Michael Lewis: "One of the side effects of [the] crisis is to wash a lot of fools, many of them German, out of the game" http://j.mp/a5EXzE
Sunday 3 October 2010
Thursday 30 September 2010
Tuesday 28 September 2010
Friday 24 September 2010
Thursday 23 September 2010
Wednesday 22 September 2010
Twitter had already fixed XSS bug but it "resurfaced". Poor regression testing processes? Tut tut. http://j.mp/9aLjDp
Saturday 18 September 2010
Apple's share of the smartphone market declines again http://j.mp/cm36JI yet people continue to write apps just for it
Friday 17 September 2010
Thursday 16 September 2010
23,000 Wikipedia articles to be removed or reverted to old versions because of one editor http://j.mp/cCED2x
Wednesday 15 September 2010
Tuesday 14 September 2010
Commentary on County Championship matches! http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/5livesportsextra/ Thank you, BBC
Thursday 9 September 2010
Chrome tells me the BBC website is hosting malware: http://flic.kr/p/8zsHRz. This is the page: http://xoo.li/cgo1K1
At last @PeerIndex has calculated my Authority score. I think it means "not very authoritative" http://www.peerindex.net/dominicsayers
Wednesday 8 September 2010
Today is the 25th anniversary of Solid State Interlocking. And you nearly missed it. http://xoo.li/cxMwqS
Tuesday 7 September 2010
Friday 3 September 2010
Thursday 2 September 2010
This would be very good news: Legalise sports betting in India says Delhi court http://j.mp/bnS2hh /HT @nauiokaspark
Wednesday 1 September 2010
"On May 11, David Cameron officially assumed the position". Well that's one way of putting it. http://j.mp/bdyiTs
For me "Scotland Yard" means HQ functions and the units under the Specialist Crime Directorate http://j.mp/d17Kvh
Tuesday 31 August 2010
Monday 30 August 2010
Food + data: looks like Punchfork will be right in my sweet spot http://punchfork.com/ /cc @jobsworth
Sunday 29 August 2010
Pakistan players were interviewed by ACSU after Sydney test in Jan. Lord Condon had "grave concerns" http://bit.ly/bXOmwH cricket
Saturday 28 August 2010
Friday 27 August 2010
Thursday 26 August 2010
Open Rights Group: "consulting on a substantially damaged code doesn’t really amount to proper consultation" http://bit.ly/c1OiCW deact
Wednesday 25 August 2010
Beardyman now up to 5 Kaoss pads! http://bit.ly/cfZ0vI Not so derivative/joky any more - he believes in his music
Tuesday 24 August 2010
Monday 23 August 2010
Want! Modernist Cuisine: The Art and Science of Cooking http://bit.ly/9SSXEN (@jobsworth @mlazopoulou) /via @BillGates
Sunday 22 August 2010
Alan Murray gets nearly everything right but fails to see The End of Corporations not just management http://bit.ly/dadRDF
Friday 20 August 2010
Thursday 19 August 2010
Tuesday 10 August 2010
Monday 9 August 2010
Thursday 29 July 2010
Wednesday 28 July 2010
"Who is protecting the public interest in the digital world?" Surely that would be "our" government? http://bit.ly/a2KG6V
Friday 23 July 2010
Maslow's Hierarchy of Internet Needs http://bit.ly/9Eil0Q (a serious one of these would be possible and quite useful)
Thursday 22 July 2010
What's disappointing is the MPS omert� surrounding the events prior to
and immediately after the video http://bit.ly/9asFno iantomlinson
and immediately after the video http://bit.ly/9asFno iantomlinson
The video of a police officer pushing iantomlinson isn't sufficient
evidence for prosecution (in my lay opinion) http://bit.ly/9asFno
evidence for prosecution (in my lay opinion) http://bit.ly/9asFno
If people are going to be accused of copyright violations, the evidence
must be trustworthy. Good work by @OpenRightsGroup http://bit.ly/aFJHxU
#deact
must be trustworthy. Good work by @OpenRightsGroup http://bit.ly/aFJHxU
#deact
Monday 19 July 2010
Sunday 18 July 2010
Saturday 17 July 2010
Friday 16 July 2010
Wednesday 14 July 2010
Want to to see the BBC News site as nature intended? Better buy this font: http://bit.ly/cpDsw6 (or a Mac) bbcnewssite
BBC News site takes 50 HTTP GETs to deliver the home page. Have they read this? http://yhoo.it/bPjYem bbcnewssite
Monday 12 July 2010
Saturday 10 July 2010
This excellent essay has shifted my opinion on mankind's contribution to climate change http://bit.ly/auXPby
Friday 9 July 2010
And I thought Tower Hamlets was bad. Hackney about to get into a lot of trouble: http://bit.ly/dB3KdK
Thursday 8 July 2010
If judicial review overturns DEAct might that establish internet access as a de facto utility? cf http://bit.ly/d9BGUQ
Wednesday 7 July 2010
Saturday 3 July 2010
Thursday 1 July 2010
Wednesday 30 June 2010
Monday 28 June 2010
Delia Derbyshire would have loved this: http://youtu.be/yF_R5UJGt-g One of my fav tunes /via @geofftech
Friday 25 June 2010
Thursday 24 June 2010
Echoes of Edward Gibbon at Ellis Park: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_History_of_the_Decline_and_Fall_of_the_Roman_Empire
Tuesday 22 June 2010
Just made it clear that I won't be allowing Getty to charge for my Flickr pictures: http://www.flickr.com/people/dominicsayers/
Monday 21 June 2010
Tomorrow is International Level Crossing Awareness Day (http://www.ilcad.org). Be aware of level crossings. Or be square.
Sunday 20 June 2010
Thursday 17 June 2010
The internet has a Hall Of Fame: http://www.iana.org/assignments/special-registry/special-registry.xhtml
Wednesday 16 June 2010
Second 12" I owned: http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/events/hub/artists/sugarhillgang.shtml (first was Wheels Of Steel of course)
Tuesday 15 June 2010
Friday 11 June 2010
Thursday 10 June 2010
Wednesday 9 June 2010
Tuesday 8 June 2010
Trying to control the English language: good luck with that (http://bit.ly/bunchoftwats) /via @montroso
Monday 7 June 2010
Sunday 6 June 2010
Thursday 3 June 2010
Salient & salutary: Newswipe from last year on media response to shootings http://youtu.be/PezlFNTGWv4 /@Glinner/@enhughesiasm
Saturday 29 May 2010
http://bit.ly/ofcop "The Sec of State has not indicated his intention to make use of these provisions at this time" DEAct shillyshally
http://bit.ly/ofcop Consultation document doesn't address cutting off internet access (see §2.29-2.30) DEAct
You have until 30/07/10 to respond to OfCom copyright code of practice: http://bit.ly/ofcop. GO! DEAct
Friday 28 May 2010
Friday 21 May 2010
Solar transit of Atlantis on its final mission http://bit.ly/cRAvI1 (as it docks with with ISS). Must see. /@mrchrisaddison
Boris's cycling strategy for London. Some good elements, some eye candy. At least there's a strategy now http://bit.ly/loncyc
Thursday 20 May 2010
"We will introduce safeguards against the misuse of anti-terrorism legislation." http://bit.ly/libconpfg libconpfg
Tuesday 18 May 2010
I've been guilty of every one of these cognitive biases: http://bit.ly/d32PQd - great document! (via @boingboing)
Friday 14 May 2010
Thursday 13 May 2010
Always nice to read independent academic discussion of the Duckworth Lewis Method http://bit.ly/t20dlm
Wednesday 12 May 2010
Hope this is true (http://bit.ly/libcon) "Safeguards against the misuse of anti-terrorism legislation"
Tuesday 11 May 2010
Just had to write to the Brunel Museum about their appalling and illiterate website. http://www.brunel-museum.org.uk
Monday 10 May 2010
Friday 7 May 2010
Wednesday 5 May 2010
I just know I don't want these people back: http://bit.ly/camland | Johann Hari, Welcome to Cameron-Land
Sunday 2 May 2010
Wednesday 28 April 2010
Is James Tredwell (http://bit.ly/aroQNM) next in the firing line or is he extrovert enough to escape Mushy's clutches as @swannyg66 has?
.@DavidKHopps agrees with me about Mushtaq Ahmed's malign influence on England spinners http://bit.ly/bJvozX / http://bit.ly/bweVe8
@DavidKHopps agrees with me about Mushtaq Ahmed's malign influence on England spinners http://bit.ly/bJvozX / http://bit.ly/bweVe8
Monday 26 April 2010
Sunday 25 April 2010
Back from the spectacle at the end of my street: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tinahenderson/4551214706/
Saturday 24 April 2010
Friday 23 April 2010
Thursday 22 April 2010
Tuesday 20 April 2010
Made a chana masala last night as good as any I've tasted. Even better this morning. Starting point: http://bit.ly/chholay
Friday 16 April 2010
Cory Doctorow uses the same FUD tactics as the entertainment industry to
spread his apocalyptic view of the deact http://bit.ly/ctLvwm
spread his apocalyptic view of the deact http://bit.ly/ctLvwm
Thursday 15 April 2010
I've added an ISP policy page to the excellent
http://digitaleconomyact.info (Policy page is http://bit.ly/ISPPolicy)
#deact
http://digitaleconomyact.info (Policy page is http://bit.ly/ISPPolicy)
#deact
I've added an ISP policy page to the excellent
http://digitaleconomyact.info (Policy page is http://bit.ly/ISPPolicy)
http://digitaleconomyact.info (Policy page is http://bit.ly/ISPPolicy)
Wednesday 14 April 2010
Tuesday 13 April 2010
Talk Talk will only supply customer records in response to a court order (http://ping.fm/N1aQL) deact
BT will provide customer records at the request of "a senior police officer". No court order required (http://ping.fm/1gh76) deact
Service provider Be will only supply customer records in response to a court order (http://ping.fm/5gI6j) deact
So far only Talk Talk have committed to defy disconnection orders until taken to court (http://ping.fm/N1aQL) deact
Talk Talk, O2 and Be will only supply customer records in response to a court order (http://ping.fm/Im5ke http://ping.fm/fv9CW http://ping.fm/IcXy4). BT will supply your records on the authority of "a senior police officer" with no court order
Monday 12 April 2010
I have been told who I should vote for by http://ping.fm/0TjuV No surprises, but I'm more bothered about the showstoppers in all the major parties' manifestos.
Sunday 11 April 2010
Saturday 10 April 2010
Friday 9 April 2010
The MD of my service provider has a blog. His post of April 8 didn't mention the DEAct. My comment did. http://ping.fm/qFrTi
Thursday 8 April 2010
I have asked my service provider to make the same pledges as Talk Talk (http://ping.fm/G1A2D). Please do the same.
Wednesday 7 April 2010
Agree with @timberners_lee that ISP duties under DEBill are same as wiretapping (http://ping.fm/Qotf5) - are the safeguards as good (bad?) as RIPA 2000?
Fed up of received opinions? Make up your own mind (2): the Hansard record of the DEBill second reading http://ping.fm/1miqQ
Tuesday 6 April 2010
Monday 5 April 2010
From this web page we can see the lowest unscored total for a batsman in a test match is 229 (therefore no longer an unGoogleable cricket question) http://ping.fm/5VRjZ
Saturday 3 April 2010
Friday 2 April 2010
Friday 26 March 2010
Thursday 25 March 2010
Sunday 21 March 2010
Injection of Yorkshire blood propels Rajasthan Royals to first victory
(http://ping.fm/7Qq1y). OK, he
got a first-baller but he's clearly a talisman.
(http://ping.fm/7Qq1y). OK, he
got a first-baller but he's clearly a talisman.
Friday 19 March 2010
Thursday 18 March 2010
Tuesday 16 March 2010
Friday 12 March 2010
Thursday 11 March 2010
Wednesday 10 March 2010
Tuesday 9 March 2010
Monday 8 March 2010
Saturday 6 March 2010
Thursday 4 March 2010
@jobsworth You'll be able to watch the Knight Riders on ITV this time (as well as YouTube) http://ping.fm/VIhGI
Monday 1 March 2010
Friday 26 February 2010
Thursday 25 February 2010
Wednesday 24 February 2010
Tuesday 23 February 2010
Tuesday 16 February 2010
Friday 12 February 2010
Monday 8 February 2010
Sunday 7 February 2010
Saturday 6 February 2010
Thursday 4 February 2010
So what does the BCCI do with all its income? If I was a small boy in a rural community in India I'd want to know. http://ping.fm/yuy2o
Wednesday 3 February 2010
Monday 1 February 2010
Also, file syncing across multiple sites/laptops - moved from FTP using to SyncBack to Windows Live Sync. Very easy to set up and no problems so far geekweek
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Sunday 31 January 2010
Friday 29 January 2010
Thursday 28 January 2010
Baksheesh is a cultural thing like democracy, right for some not right for others. But this is funny anyway: http://ping.fm/kxTIG
Wednesday 27 January 2010
Monday 25 January 2010
The great @beardyman has added a keyboard, which may offend the purists, but this is still 58:36 of awesome http://ping.fm/IFOoD
Saturday 23 January 2010
Friday 22 January 2010
Wednesday 20 January 2010
Sunday 17 January 2010
Wednesday 13 January 2010
Tuesday 12 January 2010
Thursday 7 January 2010
Monday 4 January 2010
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