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These are some pretty old posts! I don't blog that much any more, but if they are of interest, feel free to browse. Alternatively, you can go back to the homepage to see some more recent stuff.

Alright Government, Hands Off Our Internet

Written on Tuesday 26 Oct 2010

And that is an ‘our’ that does not extend to those inside Westminster, because with a few notable exceptions, MPs have shown an almost complete lack of understanding of the internet and how it works. Guess what’s back from the dead? Our old friend, the Intercept Modernisation Plan. Between this...

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For the Discerning Lady or Gentleman, SuccessWhale version 1.1

Written on Monday 25 Oct 2010

The sudden proliferation of peoples’ syndicated tweets from sources such as Foursquare and Fallen London annoys me far more than it should. Any more sensible old grouch would pick up his pipe, don slippers and write a strongly-worded letter to the local newspaper about how this ‘checking in’ business is...

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Game Idea Spam Time!

Written on Thursday 21 Oct 2010

One of the games I remember liking from what I was shocked to discover was 11 years ago was Warzone 2100. It’s actually one of the rare examples of an Abandonware game that’s been taken and updated on by a loyal community – over a decade since it was first...

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Cold War II: Once More with Botnets

Written on Friday 15 Oct 2010

In a press conference at the RSA Conference yesterday, Michael Chertoff, former Secretary of the US Department of Homeland Security, suggested that the principles of “cyber-war” could be influenced by those of nuclear deterrence. “An attack on the US or its allies with a nuclear weapon would be responded to...

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The Next Step for Ambient Data

Written on Sunday 10 Oct 2010

In one of my previous posts, “In Which I Bemoan the Tech Level in the Navy”, I discussed the possibility of layering radar and targeting data as a heads-up display (HUD) over a ship’s Bridge windows – not necessarily to speed up reaction time as a fighter pilot requires, but...

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i-Dosing is a Thing Now?

Written on Friday 8 Oct 2010

So, not only does October’s edition of Wired UK suggest 4chan in its list of unusual places to make friends online – yup, that would indeed be an unusual place to look – but it seems to have decided to enlighten its readers on the wonders of i-Dosing too. Wait,...

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The Curious Case of the Disappearing Child Benefit

Written on Tuesday 5 Oct 2010

This morning, the Prime Minister used his BBC interview to let us know why, exactly, his proposed changes to the Child Benefit system take into account the income of a single family member rather than the household overall. As loudly bemoaned in the media over the past few days, the...

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The Meh Society

Written on Tuesday 28 Sep 2010

Today, Ed Miliband gave his acceptance speech to the Labour party conference, and having watched it, I caught myself accidentally feeling cautiously optimistic. Have no fear, that feeling was quickly despatched and I remain my normal cynical self. One particular term he used which grated horribly for me was “the...

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New Labour: Gone, but not Forgotten

Written on Monday 27 Sep 2010

“The era of New Labour has passed,” said Ed Miliband on Sunday, and boy was I happy to hear that. I am, I suppose, of the New Labour generation – Tony Blair swept to power in 1997, just as I was turning 12 years old. I stayed up late to...

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Cyberpunk Cities in the Making

Written on Friday 24 Sep 2010

(http://www.flickr.com/photos/allandonque/4649225751/))”] Glittering skyscraper spires tower over the city of Manama, Bahrain’s capital – and only – city. Each lit up at night with a thousand twinkling lights, they are monuments to technology and to money, each one the home some giant financial mega-corporation. But yet in the streets below, a...

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