Author Archives: Giolla

World IPv6 day

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I do apologise to wander once more onto geekier topics, but largely un-noticed today is World IPv6 Day. Which was hoping to make people more aware of IPv6 and the need to get ready for it – I’m not sure how well it’s done outside of people who already knew about it. Outside of the techy press the Gaurdian picked up on it and apparently Ed Vaizey said something about it. Despite it being a very low key event this is something you need to care about, as it will actually be terribly important. So get a cup of tea … Continue reading →

A miscellany of tax and spend

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Terribly sorry to bang on about matters economic, but well it does seem a rather important topic, so please do indulge me. Just a quick whistle round a few bits in the news today. First up, Guido rather nails the deliberate inflationary policy pursued by the Bank of England to protect the banks at our cost. That they invested in inflation proof securities whilst warning about deflation is a bit of a hint they may have been fibbing to us. The government mean while continues it’s relentless pursuit of cuts and austerity by shelling out to build a brand new … Continue reading →

Spending our taxes

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Just to follow up on yesterdays post on Tax freedom day, I realise I didn’t mention how much the EU spent. Thankfully due to an article brought to my attention by Penny Dreadful I can now correct this, as the Telegraph have all the gritty details all 9.2 billion of them! 9.2 Billion being the “Amount British taxpayers contributed to the EU in 2010.”, which makes the (presumably additional) “£3 billion Amount of ‘stealth taxes’ to be levied on Britons under European Commission plans to generate one third of the EU budget by 2020 using direct taxation powers. ” Quite … Continue reading →