Flickr Test…
Beach Huts at Wells Originally uploaded by theclosedcircle. Just testing posting pictures through Flickr. It seems to work pretty well!
Month: January 2005
Scrutiny Best Practice Guide outline
Have been putting some more thought into my idea for a Scrutiny Best Practice booklet. Here’s a draft outline plan: Introduction Preparation, Participation, Partnership A Note on Structures Part One: Preparation Objectives and Outcomes Research Agendas and Reports The Meeting Post Meeting Part Two: Participation Scrutiny and Overview Members Backbench Members The Executive The Public … Keep reading
MS updates: real Windows users only need apply
The Register reports that Microsoft are planning to stop providing updates to non-genuine versions of its Windows XP operating system as part of its anti-piracy campaign. I’m flagging this up not because I disagree – it seems quite reasonable, really – but because I wanted to download an update, using my (I should point out) … Keep reading
John Sutherland
As John Self rightly pointed out in an earlier comment, John Sutherland writes well for The Guardian on books, despite being an apparently controversial choice for Chair of the Booker panel this year. Here’s his article in today’s paper. There was a sad news item last week about 130,00 penguins doomed to die because of … Keep reading
Academics give lessons on blogs
From the BBC News Site – I picked this up from the MSDN Student Flash blog (unfortunatley not as exciting as it sounds…) Blogs are increasingly being used by academics and students. Until a few months ago, the attention paid to web logs, or blogs, focused mainly on politics and the media business. However, many … Keep reading