Monthly Archives: April 2010

OggCamp10 – so close you can taste it

April 25, 2010

OggCamp10 is just a few days away. In fact, it’s next weekend. Before I know it, it’ll be Friday and I’ll be on my way up the M6 to sunny Liverpool. With a packed week ahead at work, an evening class and an entire episode of the Ubuntu Podcast for the team to record, edit, [...]

Democracy Inaction

April 7, 2010

Well, the Digital Economy Bill got passed tonight, with 189 of the 236 MPs present voting for it, 184 of them Labour MPs. 23 Labour MPs ignored the three line whip to vote against the Bill. The Tories split their vote with 5 MPs voting for, 5 against. 16 Liberal Democrat MPs voted against the [...]

Watching the Digital Economy Bill reading

April 6, 2010

The Digital Economy Bill is receiving its second reading in the House of Commons today, the day of the formal announcement of the General Election. There were only 40 MPs in the House when the debate started and it’s now down to about 18. That’s 2-5% of our elected representatives present. It is disappointing that [...]

Don’t Listen Alone – The Website

April 4, 2010

Last year I produced a documentary about LugRadio, one of the first and best Linux podcasts. A while ago I decided it needed a permanent home on the Internet, somewhere people could easily find, which would help them view it and which would answer the questions I get asked about how it was made! To [...]