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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.

The World's Best Heat-Sink

Written on Thursday 22 Apr 2010

From the team that brought you AutoMouse comes a revolution in heat-sink technology that you can recreate in your own home! You will need: A block of metal with holes in (burring optional but entirely reccommended) About 3 gallons of thermal paste Rubber bands Simply affix to your hot components...

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From Beneath the Ash Cloud's Shadow

Written on Wednesday 21 Apr 2010

The morning began with a blaze of contrails across the sky, traces of the early flights to far-off lands. With them came a sense that pent-up tension is being slowly released into the atmosphere, this time the tension of humanity and holidays and business, rather than that of rock and...

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Why is Che Guevara Cool?

Written on Tuesday 20 Apr 2010

Here’s a question for the interwebs that the combined mental might of our car-pool couldn’t answer this afternoon: Why the heck is Che Guevara cool? I get why he’s cool now – his silhouetted face has become a cultural icon, worn on t-shirts of people who don’t even know who...

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Sizing in Crisis!

Written on Sunday 11 Apr 2010

It’s always confused me a little how, in most take-away pizza joints, the smallest size is ‘Medium’. Surely, by definition, it is not? Maybe it’s some sort of cultural adversity to buying a ‘small’ anything, but then surely they would call the smallest one ‘small’ to coerce people into buying...

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Dating the Techno-Thriller

Written on Thursday 8 Apr 2010

There’s little greater testament to the incredible pace of technological progress than the rate at which books set in the present day become dated. Science Fiction, stories set in the far-flung future of interstellar colonisation, faster-than-light travel and so on, never seem to date unless they dare set themselves a...

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Proxies and the Law

Written on Thursday 8 Apr 2010

In light of the passing of the Digital Economy Bill, and Ben Bradshaw’s intent to push for government power to force ISPs to block sites that are “likely” to be used for copyright infringement, the government could in a few months’ time demand that ISPs block access to the likes...

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Welcome to the New Digital Economy

Written on Wednesday 7 Apr 2010

Despite its sponsorship by a twice-disgraced and unelected politician, despite the fact that it was transparently lobbied for by companies representing the record labels, despite it carrying disproportionate punishments for file-sharers, despite it seeking to undermine the work of content creators, despite a promise to oppose it from the Lib...

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Let's Win it for Britain?

Written on Tuesday 6 Apr 2010

At 5pm sharp, my phone dinged to let me know that a new joyous missive had been received unto my inbox, from a doubtless fine fellow by the name of “David Cameron”. That was… unexpected. The Tories’ Prospective Parliamentary Candidate and Inevitable Next MP for Bournemouth West, Conor Burns, has...

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The Lib Dems and the Case of the Trident Missiles

Written on Sunday 4 Apr 2010

Last night, regarding the Liberal Democrats’ somewhat negative opinion of the Trident programme, I tweeted: Goddamnit Lib Dems, I so nearly voted for you. :S http://is.gd/bd7B3 This, and the ensuing debate on Facebook, got me thinking that I should probably elaborate on my point of view. I work in the...

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The In-Between Devices

Written on Friday 2 Apr 2010

Saturday’s launch of the Apple iPad, and the ensuing fanboy circle-jerk, have thrown into the public eye yet another category of device to further muddy the gadget waters. It is by no means the first tablet, nor will it be the last by any stretch of the imagination, but it’s...

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