September 2005

Psychologists/Sociologists studying blogging?

September 15, 2005

Anyone know of any? Or are you one yourself? Please email me if you are (pref UK-based). Thanks.

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Personal offline blogs

September 15, 2005

OK, so here's a thing. If I want to run multiple offline blogs on my iBook which will never be published online, but still have basic blog functionality – like categories, permalinks, search – what software should I use? Can I set up MT or WordPress locally like that without having to do weird shit […]

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How long?

September 15, 2005

… does it take to write a book? Hmm. How long is a piece of string? How many angels can dance on the head of a pin? How many dustbunnies can live underneath a sofa? How many words can I write a day? Except, I won't write 1000 words a day, or even 500 words […]

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Sock for an iPod mini

September 14, 2005

This iPod mini sock is just soooo cool. Gives me the warm and fuzzies to think that someone's taken Mum's knitting pattern and adapted it for themselves.

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Ooh!

September 14, 2005

Nice tits!

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Not big and not clever

September 12, 2005

But very funny. (Thanks Kevin.)

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Oooh we won the Ashes!

September 12, 2005

Now we've won, maybe I can get over my sudden and illogical interest in cricket.

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Ich bin ein Berliner

September 12, 2005

So The Guardian launches it's new 'Berliner'-sized and redesigned paper today, and I will freely admit that I love it. I never could figure out how people read The Guardian (or any of the other broadsheets) on the tube – they are so big and clumsy and annoying and the ink comes off on your […]

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Bush

September 11, 2005

Gary is dead on the money. Again.

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Thunder and lightning! Very, very frightening me!

September 10, 2005

Actually, more welcome than frightening. Been so muggy that one has very nearly had to wade through the air. And sitting here on the couch with a hot laptop burning my thighs isn't helping, but there's no TV, so I'm watching episodes of Lost instead. (Thank you Tom!) Been mad busy the last few days. […]

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Away, away with ye bonny young lass

September 7, 2005

To London. Flatsitting first, then my own room in a rather nice shared flat. By the end of September, I will be no longer the nomad. Best go pack the yurt.

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The org called ORG

September 6, 2005

May I present to you, in all it's wondrous bloggy glory, the Open Rights Group! Yes, that's right, the organisation with no name is now the organisation called ORG. And no smart-alec comments about what we're going to call our first digital rights conference, thank you kindly. You'd be surprised how much work there is […]

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Valuable moral lessons

September 6, 2005

From folksongs. Do not, under any circumstances ignore this advice. You'll end up dead by the third stanza. A Doleful Ghost will be involved.

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Who is planning for the long-term?

September 3, 2005

What's happened in New Orleans this week has been a complete disgrace. The American government should be ashamed of itself for callously allowing the poorest, sickest and most vulnerable people to starve, dehydrate and die in the stricken city. Questions are now being asked in the blogosphere and the press about why a federal response […]

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