Category: Views
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The Long Tail
I talked with the owner of my favourite pub in Cambridge last night. The pub shall remain nameless for reasons that will become apparent. He refuses to sell Carling, Stella, Bulmers, etc. on tap. Instead he sells fine whiskeys and rums, real ale (offering 2 guest ales which change regularly), and decent ciders. His landlord […]
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No2AV – more expensive
Doubtless you know the arguments for and against AV; I credit readers of this article with enough intelligence to understand the difference between AV and FPTP, as well as what it would mean in the bigger picture – how it would change politics over the course of a number of years, and over a number […]
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Confessions of a GTD junkie
My background is music, my teens were spent in music lessons, music centre rehearsals, practising for gigs, listening to music, and my university studies were classical music. My speciality is improvisation, and if you put me in front of a huge audience and gave me a grand piano and a song request of pretty much […]
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Why Clegg hasn’t betrayed us
Many left-leaning liberals in the media are outraged at what they consider to be broken pledges on the part of Nick Clegg. Johann Hari writes in the independent, “In just a few days after the election, he cleared a space in his swanky new ministerial offices and staged a bonfire of his principles”. Aside from […]
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The closure of Becta
The majority of people who are pleased at the closure of Becta are most likely so because they disagreed in some way or another with their leanings on various issues, for example their take on open source software in schools. These people can safely be ignored, along with those who decry “waste of taxpayer’s money!” […]
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Hung Parliament, 5 days in
So – you voted for a hung parliament! Well, you may not have personally voted for such a thing, but you have to accept that the British people as a whole did so, and that’s what we have got. Here’s what I am hearing from the British public right now: “Don’t do it Nick!” “Do […]
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How I will vote
This is a response to the excellent writings of Stephen Fry on the same subject. His is a long piece but well worth the read: http://www.stephenfry.com/2010/05/04/how-i-will-vote/ In the same way I know that writing this blog post (adapted from a message left on the blog of Stephen Fry) has no bearing on anyone’s views, indeed […]
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People who look at car crashes
Why does a celeb, posthumously, become a superhero? I could name a few – who had varying degrees of talent (from ‘zero’ to ‘some’) – who have been raised to this state. This is not really related to the Radio 4 Feedback programme itself, more to a programme that was played out this week featuring […]
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Browser Ballot
Browser ballot. Ballot? What, like an election? You mean, it’s more than a mere choice, it’s a personal statement of belief, a vote? It appears that way. Each browser has its manifesto. A page held on a politically neutral website that outlines what the browser stands for. What the hell? Today I was doing some […]