1. v. The act of writing a weblog or 2. n. Toby’s weblog.
BMA votes for non co-operation on central records
Could the London property market be cooling?
UK Gov boots intelligent design back into ‘religious’ margins
US Airport fingerprint program expanding
… even more reason not to go
Spanish flights check-in warning
… oh goodie, more intrusive security
Lightening: competition to Tesla electric cars
… “700 bhp and does 0-60mph in 4 seconds”
Greenwich & Docklands Free Festival
… I went to this last year and it was great.
… Londonist has a quick preview.
Goodbye Tony Blair: a Bloggerheads Production
Fingerprinting and eye scans for children as young as five
… fscking hell.
A physics teacher begs for his subject back
Why England is rotting
… “England leads Europe in illiteracy, obesity, divorce, drug use, crime and STDs. Bloody hell.”
City Unslicker on the coming share crash
Stop using hotmail if you care about receiving mails
… I know a lot of people who haven’t received emails that they have been expecting and looking at logs of the ones from my servers they do get delivered. Hotmail is therefore dropping mails without warning to either their users or the sending server.
Spirey and the Queen: a novelette by Alastair Reynolds
The police state edges closer
… Tim Worstall’s take on it
Tony Blair talking out of his arse again
… why does the word “legacy” come to mind here…
… which the Queen reportedly despairs at
Pakistan ‘same-sex’ couple jailed
Interesting note here about store card data retention and who gets access to it
… hint: HMRC
Police Chief’s ‘Orwellian’ Fears
Over 100,000 innocent young people now on the National DNA Database
ORG is looking for new Board members
Staff asked to snoop for police
Anger at plans for NHS database of gay men
… [16:42] Tim Worstall nails it
Madeleine’s eye holds vital clue
Result of Daily Mail Hatchet Job on Owen Barder
Traffic Wardens to get video cameras
… Someone clearly has too much money to spend. How long until crimes against traffic wardens increase?
… “The technology will also help wardens in their new role of issuing fixed penalties for anti-social behaviour.” Oh dear me.
Concerns raised over child porn inquiry
Today’s the day that Blair announces when he goes
… remember to book the date off for this
A quirky look at a quirky species
Oral sex can cause throat cancer
Moby lets independent film makers download some of his music for free
Blair to finally go on 27th June
In other news: ID Card Costs rise to over £5bn
… no coincidence that this was released today at all.
Blogging Magistrate: Just a Few More Steps to Meltdown
Privacy International announces global privacy invaders
… “Winner: The United Kingdom”
Taking Liberties, in cinemas June 8th
The amazing colour changing card trick
U.S./Canadian Dispute over Border Crossing Procedures
… “‘The Attorney General’s office really just wants to grab as much biometric information as it can,’ said the source.”
Impressive demo of skin rendering on new Nvidia 8800 Ultra
Mystery revealed: Poppy quarter led to U.S. spy warnings
Computer scientists working on machines that can match Wall Street traders
Pilot denies ‘rape by deception’
… ‘…by saying intercourse could cure an infection…’
‘Illegal Number’ Triggers Flood of MPAA Cease-and Desist Letters
Charlie Stross puts ‘Missile Gap’ Novella online
… in honour of International pixel-stained technopeasant day
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