27 August 2013
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As reported in the media, Facebook has published data on the number of requests it has had for user information by government agencies around the world. The full list is online at Facebook, but it’s on a page that you … Continue reading
20 August 2013
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There’s been a lot of comment on the web about the detention at Heathrow of David Miranda, the partner of Guardian columnist Glenn Greenwald. Whether questioning him was necessary or not is still a matter of debate, but it seems … Continue reading
28 July 2013
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What do you do when someone successfully campaigns to have a woman featured on the next edition of the ten pound note? Well, if you’re a semi-moron with all the social skills of a decapitated earthworm, you threaten to rape … Continue reading
23 July 2013
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Google Maps is going through a bit of a makeover at the moment. There will, sooner or later, be an entirely new version of the web-based maps (which you can see in preview if you switch to the beta option), … Continue reading
22 July 2013
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Both the Daily Mail and the Daily Telegraph have reported on a project known as Challis Island, an artificial pirate-themed island in the middle of a reclaimed lake in Cambridgeshire. None of the news reports give way its exact location, … Continue reading
18 June 2013
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Well, well, well. Hot on the heels of last week’s news about the possibility of Waitrose coming to Evesham, we now have another proposal in the air. Earlier this evening, I received an email from a PR firm, Polity Communications, … Continue reading
13 June 2013
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Waitrose could be on its way to opening a store in Evesham. Continue reading
29 May 2013
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Reading my Facebook news feed at the moment, some people seem to be under the bizarre impression that the County Council and the Highways Agency do roadworks just for the sheer hell of it. OK, so sometimes it could be … Continue reading
6 May 2013
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Apropos the continuing furore over the late Jimmy Savile and the definitely not late Stuart Hall, the names of Andy Grey and Richard Keys sprang to mind. In case you’d forgotten (or the whole case had passed you by to … Continue reading
30 April 2013
by Mark
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I blogged yesterday about the “orphan works” section of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act, and explained why I think it’s generally a good thing. Of course, not everyone agrees, and people are free to disagree if they want to. … Continue reading