Kits and Mortar Tumblr Strange Attractor Del.icio.us links TwitterWe've just hit halfway on our pledge drive to raise enough money to get a British version of the EFF up and running. The 500th pledger was Galen Gusdorf, who was absolutely not in any way harangued into it by me on IRC, oh no sirree, I didn't just spend the last hour obsessively […]
I promised myself that, as part of my chilling out and general recovery from jetlag and exhaustion regime, I would spend this weekend offline. Not staring at my computer screen. Not answering email. Not writing blog posts. Not working.
Instead, I would go for walks. Read books. Watch movies. Sleep. Sleep a bit more. Sleep for […]
… or on the London Underground.
By accident, via his blog. (Read the post then read the comments.)
iChat agent keeps crashing, for no discernible reason. Anyone got any ides for a fix? Or what might be causing it? Drives me sodding potty, frankly.
Danny O'Brien writes about our UK digital rights project in The Guardian today. Hopefully this will get a few more people to add their names to our pledge. In less than a week, we've managed to attract 450 people to promise their support to us, we've had emails from individuals who want to do more […]
Hugh's started up a wiki for bloggers looking for work, love, or blog consultants. Great idea - perfect for the hResume microformat too, once it gets up and running (microformat = way to format structured data online in a human readable form, so that we can read it but web apps do cool shit with […]
I never knew that to some people, 'looking for work' == 'being a hooker', but apparently so:
“I just thot you might like some feedback from someone else w/ a lotta time on their hands. The Welsh emphasis caught my eye, tho I would imagine you're much better at singing than Geology. I was saddened […]
The funny thing about burning out is that in the past, I was never alert enough to see it happening. I suffered dreadful burnout after my start-up died, two years ago. For nine months, watching my business slowly disintegrate put more stress on me than I've ever felt before. The day I gave up, the […]
Brace yourself. (Thanks Euan.)
Brace yourself again.
I've had a few meetings with Danny O'Brien from the Electronic Frontier Foundation over the last few weeks, talking about the possibility of starting some sort of EFF-like organisation in the UK and generally volunteering myself to assist. At the moment, the digital rights activist community in the UK is somewhat fragmented and I believe […]
Somebody somewhere has done this map of the London Underground with the bits missing after yesterday's bombings, and those of two weeks ago. Huge chunks were (and some still are) knocked out, including lots of the bits I'll be wanting to use later on. And I've forgotten my A-Z, so I'll have to buy a […]
The Moon. (Now zoom to maximum resolution.)
Via Gary.
Warren Street, Oval and Shepherd's Bush tube stations have been evacuated, and large areas sealed off after smoke was reported coming from the stations. The Northern Line has been suspended, and reports of an incident on the 26 bus on Hackney Road although the bus itself doesn't appear damaged from the TV pics.
There are […]
Ensconced in Arundel now. Wine, wifi and a nice comfy bed. Lovely.