The high court has ordered five of the biggest British ISPs to block access to The Pirate Bay. They have just weeks to implement the block, although it’s not clear how they’ll do it and how effective it will be. It is the first major example of Internet censorship in the UK. I don’t use The Pirate [...]
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Gradual and silent encroachments
April 30, 2012A hard tablet to swallow
April 16, 2012Recently, I’ve been experimenting with tablets. No, not the sort that make you dance for hours or think you’re reeeeeaaalllly interesting. The sort that glow enticingly and give you something to swipe at on train journeys. That’s right, this is going to be a fairly geeky post. I want a device onto which I can [...]
Expressing a Pinterest
March 12, 2012“You have to be on Pinterest!” said Amy, over a roast potato. “I’ll send you an invite.” I nodded sagely and pretended I knew what she was talking about. You see, Amy is social. Not just in the truest, most human sense of the word but in the geeky, web-2.0y, search engine oiling sense of [...]
The Return of the Ubuntu Podcast
February 27, 2012I’m really rather excited. Tomorrow evening we’ll be dusting off our microphones and mixers, firing up our laptops and diving head first into the new season of the Ubuntu Podcast. We’ll be streaming the show live on-line so you can listen and even participate through the IRC channel. Visit the live page on the website [...]
Ubuntu Podcast, Season 5
February 4, 2012We’re going out for the Planning Curry for season five of the Ubuntu Podcast this week. Over the years, it has become a tradition for all the presenters to go out for a curry before the start of the season. It’s a time to catch up in person, as we haven’t seen much of each other since [...]
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