One other piece of information from the union which might be more practical than pointing out the dangers of re-enacting the French Revolution while under the influence of alcohol is the promotion of the government's Pension Tracing Service. Now that many of us move from job to job during the working life and may not […]
Entries Tagged as 'Links'
Deed Polls
November 23rd, 2006 · 6 Comments · Life
Last week Jayne and I went to the website for the UK Deed Poll Service and changed her nephew’s name for him – with his knowledge obviously. It was all terribly easy, and not very expensive either. Certainly a lot cheaper than getting personalised number plates for the car. (I think we can all see […]
Lost in (e)music
November 16th, 2006 · 6 Comments · Music, Technology
I have now been using the emusic site for a couple of months and have downloaded some real treasures. The thing is that even though I am happy with what I have got, and satisfied that its good value for money, I shall probably ditch it in a month or two. At the moment I […]
Political Opinions
November 16th, 2006 · 1 Comment · Politics
How long has this Political Opinions site been going then?
The plot thickens
November 13th, 2006 · Comments Off on The plot thickens · Technology
Here is the timeline: Friday: someone tells me about one of our newest borough councillors having an entry on Wikipedia. Saturday: I mention it on this site. Sunday: Its all gone. The entry has vanished and the username which created it has gone too. So no trace remains, proving that Wikipedia does, indeed, heal itself. […]
Spam Loophole
November 12th, 2006 · Comments Off on Spam Loophole · Technology
Over the last few days I have had three bits of spam get past the filters and the moderation via an unanticipated back door – trackbacks. So far it is just one source – a Flickr account which is now defunct and I hope it will prove to be too much trouble for others to […]
Vanity publishing?
November 11th, 2006 · 2 Comments · Politics
I am extraordinarily grateful to a local Labour colleague for tipping me off about this entry in Wikipedia for one of our local Tories. It is amusing and fascinating – both for its content and for the fact that it exists at all. It is an entry for one of our local borough councillors, Adam […]
Tags: Crawley Council·Elections·Internet·Links·Scandals·Tories
Number one
November 8th, 2006 · 6 Comments · Music
Someone sent me a link to a website which tells you what the number one single was on the day you were born – or any other date you decide to put in I suppose. Harmless fun, but I was a little disappointed by the result for me: She's Not You by Elvis Presley. It […]
Spizz.fm podcasts
November 3rd, 2006 · Comments Off on Spizz.fm podcasts · Music
It must be weeks since I last featured a blatant plug for Spizzenergi or anything else Spizz-related, so here is a link to his new venture – an experiment with podcasts. I listened to the first one and enjoyed hearing some music which was new to me (always a pleasure). i expect the new one […]
Tags: Links·Spizzenergi
Bitter disappointment
October 16th, 2006 · 4 Comments · Life
The local election defeats in Crawley for the last few years were bad, West Ham’s recent disastrous losing streak is even worse, but I think that this might just be the last straw! (On the other hand… this is encouraging)
