Monthly Archives: February 2011

Factorycraft

Posted on 28 February 2011 by Robert

Time again to plug the upwardly mobile Edinburgh tinkers/tinklers, FOUND. Their new album is entitled Factorycraft and is launched on 14th March by the extremely respectable Glasgow label Chemikal Underground. Here’s a short trailer for the album, put together by … Continue reading →

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Right, that’s it, I’m disabling Postalicious

Posted on 28 February 2011 by Robert

Housekeeping: I’m fed up with the 500 Internal Server Error Messages that keep being generated, and I know others are too. I am not sure whether it is the del.icio.us API or the postalicious plugin itself that is at fault. … Continue reading →

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Linklog for 24th February to 28th February

Posted on 28 February 2011 by Robert

My del.icio.us links: 24th February to 28th February Obama’s Mideast Policy: The Case for Sitting on Our Hands – Now we may be witnessing the end of the “war on terror” as well. The rise of democratically elected Arab regimes … Continue reading →

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The Birth of the Shard

Posted on 24 February 2011 by Robert

I have found that the damp and foggy days when the building emerges from midst are when the Shard looks most interesting. The giant looms on the horizon, and one’s sense of scale is confused and compressed. Continue reading →

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Linklog for 7th February to 23rd February

Posted on 23 February 2011 by Robert

My del.icio.us links: 7th February to 23rd February Geekcore – If you love fonts and colours and shapes and Comic Sans kills kittens, if all your base belong to us, if you badger badger badger badger mushroom mushroom!, if you … Continue reading →

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How Much Code Should A Citizen Know?

Posted on 21 February 2011 by Robert

If I want to start a mass movement but have no scripting skills, am I missing a trick? If I want to start a new local campaign, but have no clue as to how to pull and push data from an API, am I doomed to failure? Continue reading →

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By Spreading Out We’re Harder To Stop

Posted on 21 February 2011 by Robert

I am sure readers will be aware of the long-running global discussion about the role social media can play in revolutions.  Clearly, Facebook and Twitter can catalyse opposition to authoritarian regimes, and spread news of protests and government oppression between … Continue reading →

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Farringdon Lane Docking Station

Posted on 18 February 2011 by Robert

Right then, here’s my tentative foray into the world of webtools for urban living: The Farringdon Lane Docking Station on Twitter. Continue reading →

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Pædos, Prisoners, and Cameron’s Attack on Human Rights

Posted on 17 February 2011 by Robert

What the Prime Minister seems to forget, is that Human Rights laws are designed to protect the most hated in our society, not least because these people are always amongst the most vulnerable too. They are supposed to frustrate our gut reaction. They are meant to be inconvenient. Continue reading →

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More thoughts on the Tahrir Square ‘think-tank’

Posted on 11 February 2011 by Robert

he use of the word ‘think tank’ to describe the discussions taking place within the square caught my eye, because it implies discussions of policy and new political structures: More forward looking, and less reactive. Continue reading →

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