Via Pink Socks, 404: Lazy Programmers / File Not Found. Reminds of a site we were called in to revamp a while back – at some point about a dozen pages had been renamed, and some well-intentioned person had created 404s by hand, typing in the File Not Found blurb in each one of the [...]
Well I’ve managed to resist the temptation to continue the David Blunkett theme from last week’s posts with a comment about his alleged affair with a married woman. Until now… Normally I really don’t care about politicians’ private lives unless they happen to do something particularly hypocritical or dishonest; they’re only human after all. If [...]
Blunkett really is trying to turn the UK into a police state. His latest proposed changes to the law have just been announced, and include (my initial thoughts in parentheses): Police to be permitted to arrest suspects for any offence. (Such as dropping a cigarette butt on the pavement.) New powers to fingerprint suspects at [...]
I’m genuinely shocked, not to mention angry and a little scared, by the news that the Court of Appeal has ruled that evidence obtained by torture can be used in UK courts. In a 2 to 1 decision, Lord Justice Laws and Lord Justice Pill granted the Home Secretary the right to hold terror suspects [...]
Learning about Roman history the fun way: The LEGO Colosseum.
On Friday evening I went over to see an old friend who’s recently moved to Clapham. Had about a year’s worth of catching up to do, which we did over a bottle of plonk at his new house, and continued doing over several pints up at the Common. We then headed back to his place [...]
I’ve finally got round to uploading some of my birthday photos. (There are actually loads more, but I have yet to get them off Troy.)
Don’t worry, of course I added Dubya’s latest to my random bushisms: Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people – and neither do we.
Sadly Henri Cartier-Bresson has died, at the ripe old age of 95. Arguably the world’s greatest and most important photographer, and founding member of Magnum, he leaves behind one hell of a photographic legacy, both in terms of his photographs and influence on the medium in general. (See the Magnum site for a retrospective.)
In an article first published on the 19th of July, The New Republic magazine reported that the Bush administration was putting pressure on the Pakistani government and intelligence services to deliver high-value Al Qaeda members before the US election in November. A third source, an official who works under ISI‘s director, Lieutenant General Ehsan ul-Haq, [...]
I have to say I really, really dislike musicals, so it was with some trepidation that I went up to Upstairs at the Gatehouse in Highgate Village with Rob, Emma, Sophia and Kate on Saturday night. We were going to see a workshop production of White Wedding, a musical comedy set in 1980s club-land, featuring [...]
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