Meta : blogging
There’s a long tradition of bloggers blogging about blogging. This post follows in the self-obsessed insular tradition. This blog post is somewhat unusual in that I’m posting it to nostuff, my blog....
View ArticleTwaperKeeper archives
TwapperKeeper is shutting down it seems. It’s a popular online tool for archiving hashtags and other twitter searchers, and certainly well used in UK Higher Education where I work. I actually met John...
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Dev8D
Tomorrow, Tuesday 14th February is the start of Dev8D 2012. A three day event for developers working in UK Higher Education. Which I am not really one, but don’t tell anybody and we should be ok. It’s...
View ArticleGoogle Street view
To read this post you first need to pop along here. [opens in a new tab] Then go to Street view at the precise point where the pin is (where the road crosses the river). Do it now, we’ll be waiting for...
View ArticleTalis
Today Talis announced they are moving their focus away from Linked Data. I think my initial reaction, which I tweeted, holds true: this is on similar lines to Microsoft announcing plans to move away...
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iplayer diary and a tool i was never going to use again
A lot of online services have tried to introduce social elements in to their product. This is normally annoying, but in the case of the BBC’s iplayer I found it interesting and useful. The problem was...
View ArticleElected Police Commissioners
In 25 days time England and Wales will elect Police and Crime Commissioners for the first time. Many are cynical that this will politicize high level decisions by the Police, which it will almost...
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Listening to music in three parts
Part 1 Listening to digital music I have this theory. In fact I have lots of theories. But for the rest of this paragraph I will restrain myself to blessing you with just one. My theory is that we are...
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HS2 and The Times
As a non-car-owning train traveller I was pathetically excited today to hear of news of further plans developing for HS2. When I got home I popped along to thetimes.co.uk to catch up on the day’s news....
View ArticleA little run
I’ll try and keep this short. Since leaving University 13 years a go I’ve been getting fatter. And generally not very healthy. It would be fair to say I started running to reduce the beer belly....
View ArticleUnderclass
At this time there is understandable anger, myself included, kids should not rule the streets, the Police should not be running scared, teenager should have some basic level of understanding that what...
View Articlesix bloody years
I’ve been planning to put something new on to this blog. This, finally, is the attempt that succeeded. It turns out writing very little, and saying nothing, is the key. Who knew?
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