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Something a bit random

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In case anyone’s been wondering I’ve not given up just work has been busy and at this time of year the garden needs a lot of attention (on which more later). Diverting from politics for a little bit and turning to something I know a bit more about, namely IT. In this case I want to talk about e-mail, I have a Gmail account (or two) that I use for something (with an android device it’s hard to avoid) but I don’t particularly like it. The main reason I don’t like it is it’s a pain to archive from and … Continue reading →

ACTA vote tomorrow

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This is terribly late to press for which I apologise but tomorrow (Thursday 31st) MEP’s will vote on ACTA, this has already been rejected by the Dutch government (though possibly just as an electioneering gimmick). Despite my tardiness if you haven’t already done so there is still time to e-mail your MEP. You could even use WriteToThem, which makes it terribly painless. If you’ve not heard of ACTA you may be wondering what the problem is then the OpenRightsGroup* explains it rather well here. But in summary it’s yet another piece of legislation dreamt up between the EU and big … Continue reading →

Internet black out

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I didn’t take part in the Internet blackout today, as I’m a lazy sod and also I’m just back at work after a very hard weeks drinking. However I would note that as many many people have observed: This is very similar to our RIPA act, but from a country with more power to break stuff It’s utterly pointless, and won’t stop serious piracy in anyway It will result in an awful lot of collateral damage It will have a chilling effect and be trivial to be misused I’d also predict that if it did come to pass then it … Continue reading →