The Professor, the Bikini Model and the Suitcase Full of Trouble
The Professor, the Bikini Model and the Suitcase Full of Trouble
View ArticleFacebook users unwittingly revealing intimate secrets, study finds
Facebook users unwittingly revealing intimate secrets, study finds
View ArticleNetflix cracks wallet to spur open source cloud development
Netflix cracks wallet to spur open source cloud development
View ArticleFutureEverything: Digital Public Spaces
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Abuse
There is some utter twaddle being bandied today around about images of child abuse, and much more besides, on the Web.First there is clear blue water between perfectly legal (whether you find it...
View ArticleA short bullet-pointed rant about both Spotify and Skype on the Mac
I use both Spotify and Skype on the Mac. In fact, I pay for both. Here is a short list of the things which irritate me today about both, in no particular order. Given the age of both, I don’t expect...
View Article"Ofcom has today published the final findings of a year-long study into how...
“Ofcom has today published the final findings of a year-long study into how and why internet users access music, films, TV programmes, software, books and video games online – both legally and...
View ArticleModelling activity streams with quads
I’ve been thinking for a while about how one might use a quad-store as a database of activity streams, and consequentially how to model them.We have four key pieces of information, plus a set of...
View ArticleCasualty of the storm
The pink, lifeless frame lay disfigured almost beyond recognition upon the path next to the river; another victim of the mighty, but dispassionate elements.People glanced nervously downward as they...
View ArticleCriminals
Okay. I’ve sat and thought about it, and here is my conclusion:The only people that decriminalising the licence fee actually helps is politicians who are voted for by people who will never actually not...
View ArticleIndependence
Although I’m not technically prohibited from expressing my IndyRef preference prior to September 18th, I still don’t intend to — it’s a matter between me and the postal ballot I sent back a while ago...
View ArticleTo all whom these presents shall come, greeting!
Reminder: this is my personal blog, conveying my personal opinionsWhen John Reith lobbied the government of the day for the creation of the British Broadcasting Corporation (having served as the...
View ArticleAn essay on digital identity and democracy
This is not my first post on this topic, but it is probably the longest. It doesn’t contain any source code nor details of protocol exchanges, and it’s written in something vaguely approaching plain...
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