Monthly Archives: February 2008

Paul Staines: let’s play ball!

OK, here we are for the second half. Please keep in mind that it may be much shorter than the first…. 1. Paul Staines used the servers of MessageSpace to host copyrighted material that he had no legal right to. … Continue reading

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Anne Milton: where are my answers?

After discovering that my Conservative MP Anne Milton had paid her husband £13,000 of taxpayer’s money since coming to office, I sent her a series of questions. Given what Anne Milton published on her website the day before the article … Continue reading

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Please stand by

Half-time is over and we’re about to enter the second half… here’s your warm-up exercise: Via Poons; Twenty-Five Ways To Suppress Truth: The Rules of Disinformation.

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The All Saints Tetris t-shirt rip off

4 Color Rebellion – Zounds! We’ve Been Plagiarized! Via comments I discovered this wonderful blog dedicated to cheeky rip-offs.

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A poor show from the Guardian

As I noted on Thursday, yes, there was some hostility in the many, many responses to the first and only entry in Max Gogerty’s short-lived travel blog for the Guardian… but reading Andy Pietrasik’s response and this editorial follow-up from … Continue reading

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Guardian readers display a lack of interest… and not a little hostility

Max, 19, hits the road. Web users, of varied age, hit Max. (via) Check the comments. It’s his first day out and it’s all over. UPDATE (18 Feb) – Get your Monday-morning update, people.

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Someone doesn’t understand the meaning of ‘respect’…

WJZ Baltimore – Officer Suspended After Appearing In YouTube Video: A 17-year veteran of the Baltimore police force has been suspended with pay pending an internal investigation of his actions involving a 14-year-old skateboarder at Baltimore’s Inner Harbor. Baltimore Sun … Continue reading

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Anne Milton’s version of clarity, transparency and openness

Please check this post for a short but important update.

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