http://gotnoblog.com/rubric.cgi gotnoblog.com en-us http://www.thewestonmercury.co.uk/content/twm/news/story.aspx?brand=Westonmercury&category=news&tBrand=westonmercury&tCategory=znews&itemid=WeED21%20Jun%202010%2009%3A12%3A32%3A417 <p><em>Fire at Kew Lodge in the next road. I was out at the time. Saw no sign of it since my return. Efficient dealing by Avon Fire!</em></p> 2010-06-22T14:23:10-05:00 mjray http://uk.mobile.reuters.com/mobile/m/FullArticle/p.rdt/eUK/CTECHUK/ntechnologyNews_uUKTRE65K5NW20100621 <p><em>This strikes of as trusting thugs more than conmen, but at least it's the right way around IMO.</em></p> 2010-06-22T07:45:44-05:00 mjray http://www.computerworlduk.com/toolbox/open-source/blogs/index.cfm?entryid=3010&blogid=14 2010-06-12T10:10:11-05:00 mjray http://www.drake.org.uk/2010/05/15/peter-serafinowicz-on-why-he-steals-movies/ <p><em>Great article from Martyn which adds a technical view to the artist view of the problems with DVDs, MPAA and its friends. "If it's THIS difficult for people at his level getting them to co-operate with them, the consumer has no chance whatsoever for a reasonable fair use policy."</em></p> 2010-05-24T20:34:02-05:00 mjray http://www.h-online.com/open/features/Why-Making-Money-from-Free-Software-Matters-985505.html <p><em>Glyn Moody, author of Rebel Code, hits the spot again. This is why software.coop is so against the DEAct because it is a pain for making money fairly from freedom.</em></p> 2010-04-29T15:42:37-05:00 mjray http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/apr/19/police-payout-stop-mark-thomas <p><em>Comedian arrested for "over-confident attitude" reminds me of the Not the Nine O'Clock News sketch</em></p> 2010-04-20T09:41:33-05:00 mjray http://www.blueavocado.org/node/508 <p><em>Many of these apply to co-ops. Thanks to Adrian Ashton</em></p> 2010-04-16T11:57:58-05:00 mjray http://www.thefryhole.co.uk/wordpress/2010/04/dont-steal-from-a-compsci/ <p><em>A great HOWTO catch a criminal with a GPS-enabled phone</em></p> 2010-04-08T16:16:24-05:00 mjray http://antenore.blogspot.com/2010/03/open-source-and-open-standards-under.html <p><em>As if DEBill wasn't enough, it seems that we're under attack at the EU level again. Don't let them set a rubbish agenda!</em></p> 2010-04-01T13:32:30-05:00 mjray http://www.thewestonmercury.co.uk/content/twm/news/story.aspx?brand=Westonmercury&category=news&tBrand=westonmercury&tCategory=znews&itemid=WeED18%20Mar%202010%2011%3A16%3A36%3A680 <p><em>Axbridge Town Council buying a car park and deciding it is cheaper to run it free</em></p> 2010-03-30T10:52:25-05:00 mjray http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/mar/10/tesco-director-slates-school-leavers <p><em>UK schools: now you need a degree to stack shelves?</em></p> 2010-03-10T18:33:10-05:00 mjray http://greenbristolblog.blogspot.com/2010/02/and-quiet-flows-avon.html <p><em>New phrase! "Institutional Motorism - a deep rooted prejudice in favour of motorised traffic at the expense even of the safety"</em></p> 2010-02-17T20:00:06-05:00 mjray http://bristolcars.blogspot.com/2010/02/pavement-blocking.html <p><em>Satire or not? "The problem with bikes is that they clip the pavement-side wing mirror, and sometimes when you open your door they swear at you for hitting them."</em></p> 2010-02-11T15:25:55-05:00 mjray http://www.penval.co.uk/blog/?p=231 <p><em>"I don’t object to paying for content. I do object to having to pay for content by being forced to use one channel. In Negroponte’s words: “Such a smorgasbord of incompatible set-top boxes is a horrible thought”"</em></p> 2010-02-10T12:07:48-05:00 mjray http://www.cooperativeconsult.com/blog/?p=221 <p><em>"People often focus on the user principles and democracy as being the principles that separate co-operatives from other businesses. Of course, in my opinion, the best answer is that they are all equally important and feed into each other. Case in point: how strong can democracy be if the electorate isn’t educated or informed?"</em></p> 2010-02-09T10:39:13-05:00 mjray http://www.bristol247.com/2010/01/28/why-the-greens-dominate-bristols-online-politics/ <p><em>"what they bring to the table are some basic journalistic instincts that the other parties either lack or are withholding. These qualities might be raw but they include natural curiosity; an eye for a story; the desire to dig beneath the surface; a willingness to question authority; disdain for the ‘party line’ and that quality Paxman summed up as, “why is this lying bastard lying to me?”. All are alive and well on the Green blogs alongside an uninhibited willingness to deal in ideas."</em></p> 2010-01-29T10:02:47-05:00 mjray http://vowlesthegreen.blogspot.com/2010/01/zero-meals-per-gallon.html <p><em>"The amount of corn required to fill a 4X4 tank with biofuel would feed a child for a year."</em></p> 2010-01-27T16:20:58-05:00 mjray http://davepress.net/2010/01/24/that-was-the-ukgc10-that-was/comment-page-1/#comment-6211 <p><em>Review of UKGovCamp10 with links to sessions. Hopefully it will be udated with pingbacks as more material appears online</em></p> 2010-01-24T14:02:51-05:00 mjray http://righttowork.org.uk/conference.html <p><em>Interesting idea but looks a bit SWS which might put people off. But isn't employment doomed anyway? Worker #coops anyone?</em></p> 2010-01-24T13:11:32-05:00 mjray http://www.thewestonmercury.co.uk/content/twm/news/story.aspx?brand=Westonmercury&category=news&tBrand=westonmercury&tCategory=znews&itemid=WeED20%20Jan%202010%2015%3A49%3A48%3A043 <p><em>how not to position a road sign</em></p> 2010-01-21T15:23:46-05:00 mjray http://vowlesthegreen.blogspot.com/2010/01/courageous-consistent-and-persistent.html <p><em>"I am honoured, but quite surprised, to win Liberal Voice of the Year, given that I'm a left-wing Green." Credit to the LibDems for not fiddling the vote when he won.</em></p> 2010-01-21T10:57:54-05:00 mjray http://blog.localdemocracy.org.uk/2010/01/18/poblish-crowdsourcing-new-policies-and-how-blogging-has-to-change/?utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Publicsectorblogs+(PublicSectorBlogs)#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed <p><em>Interesting idea but it requires javascript and cookies and google and bleargh. Do I want my CPU fan running that much just to blog? I'll have to explore a bit more before I decide. Maybe a mobile/lite version will appear soon.</em></p> 2010-01-19T16:23:16-05:00 mjray http://blog.kov.eti.br/?p=103 <p><em>Definitely in the hack department, but also definitely cool, turning YouTube from a Flash horror into a html5 web site.</em></p> 2010-01-19T14:36:39-05:00 mjray http://www.sustainableredland.org.uk/lord-turners-committee-says-airports-cant-keep-expanding/ <p><em>"the Committee on Climate Change [...] basically saying that we can’t meet our carbon reduction targets AND let air travel carry on growing. [...] North Somerset Council needs to take note"</em></p> 2010-01-19T12:35:46-05:00 mjray http://anarchist606.blogspot.com/2010/01/climate-change-what-if-were-wrong.html <p><em>No source given (as far as I could see), but the graph is a very scary thought.</em></p> 2010-01-17T14:12:42-05:00 mjray