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David McCandless of informationisbeautiful.net posted some pretty pictures and interesting figures about military spending at The Guardian datablog. I don’t really understand why I should be interested in how it relates to GDP though? Surely “defence” spending would be better … Continue reading →

Dear Marsha Singh, Thank you very much for coming to meet us the other week when we were in London to express our concerns about the arms trade. I was glad to hear you agree, in principle, that advertising of … Continue reading →

Dear Deb, I just saw a trailer on YouTube for a new film by Czech director Jan Svěrák, with production design by Jakub Dvorský. I was greatly disappointed not to be in Bradford for Jakub’s appearance at the Amanita Design … Continue reading →

My last post was rather gushing and over excited. But I guess I did something right, either in that, or in the e-mail I sent to Doug Lombardi begging him to confirm it, ’cause a press release just dropped in … Continue reading →

So, Valve relased a beta update for Steam. It has a lot of nice features. It’s faster, it’s prettier, it does nice community things, it has a clock on the overlay. That last feature alone makes the beta worth opting … Continue reading →

Dear Mr. Hopkins, I am writing to complain about the undemocratic and unrepresentative decision taken by the Regulatory and Appeals Committee on 23rd September of this year to demolish the former Odeon cinema building on Prince’s Way and to grant … Continue reading →

John Walker wrote a blog post over at botherer.org earlier this evening that pretty much echos the kind of thing I’ve been saying to anyone who’d listen for quite a while. Leaving aside for the moment the fact that what … Continue reading →

Dear Mrs Holdsworth, I have just come off the phone from discussing my claim for Jobseeker’s Allowance with one of your advisors. From what he was able to tell me, it seems that your staff responsible for processing my claim … Continue reading →

I’ve just been reading an article on The Register slating New Scientist for a lack of understanding of basic economics (it’s fairly old, but I was away when it was published). Now, I’ve never claimed much understanding of economics, but … Continue reading →

I’ve never bought a 360, on the basis that all the interesting games come to PC eventually anyway. But I might have to rethink that attitude on the basis of Natal. It’s going to be many years before there’s a … Continue reading →