Will we ever reach 11?

August 2, 2005

Another 10th planet has been found. I wonder how many 10th planets we will have to go through before we find an 11th. Although I very much approve of calling it Xena. About time we had a cute warrior princess tearing up the skies.

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We're not using the Z-word!

August 2, 2005

Ed: Any zombies out there? Shaun: Don't say that. Ed: What? Shaun: That. Ed: What? Shaun: That! The Z-word. Don't say it. Ed: Why not? Shaun: Because it's ridiculous. Ed: Alright. Are there any out there though?

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T'internet be right buggered

August 1, 2005

For reasons currently unclear, our internet connection is completely b0rked. It just died this afternoon, so I am reduced to using the Treo. This means no email, IM, or IRC and makes working nigh on impossible. Grrrr. I could so have lived without this. UPDATE: At last, it's back. Phew.

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Halfway mark

July 29, 2005

We'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 hitting […]

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A weekend offline

July 29, 2005

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 […]

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Never run with scissors…

July 28, 2005

… or on the London Underground.

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Euan manages to totally embarrass Andy

July 28, 2005

By accident, via his blog. (Read the post then read the comments.)

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iChat driving me nuts

July 28, 2005

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.

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The right to digital freedom

July 28, 2005

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 […]

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Craigslist for bloggers

July 26, 2005

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 […]

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I'm really, really not looking for work

July 25, 2005

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 […]

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Burning out

July 25, 2005

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 […]

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Ugliest dog ever

July 24, 2005

Brace yourself. (Thanks Euan.) Brace yourself again.

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Defending digital rights in the UK

July 23, 2005

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 […]

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The missing bits

July 22, 2005

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 […]

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