An online notebook
John Naughton writes excellently every week for the Observer newspaper. Here is his article from last weekend, which focussed on a Tory party candidate’s use of Photoshop on a campaign photo. He explains issues and techniques in a very clear and transparent way: Ed Matts is the Tory candidate for Dorset South, a bucolic paradise … Keep reading
There are quite a few blogs popping up about the UK election on May 5. Many of them are used by news organisations to present more informal content. Here are a couple of links to the ones I look at. The Guardian BBC News Anyone read any others? edit: Sitting as I do quite close … Keep reading
From The Guardian: A council has come up with a new way of disposing of abandoned cars – selling them on the internet. Westminster city council has auctioned a Range Rover on the UK online marketplace, eBay, with the vehicle fetching £6,600. It is now offering a 1962 Rover P5 which was owned by European … Keep reading
Fascinating article in Saturday’s Guardian about the poet E.E. Cummings: EE Cummings became one of America’s most popular poets. But as a struggling young writer and artist, he was supported by a wealthy friend and soon found himself drawn to his patron’s wife. Their tangled relationship was to end in tragedy, reveals biographer Christopher Sawyer-Lauçanno
Palimpsest is the (mainly) books discussion site I founded with my friend Al Kitching a couple of years ago. Essentially a phpBB forum, it now has around 30 regular members and over 15,000 posts. We don’t delete any, the forum acting as a repository for reviews and thoughts on books and things. It costs a … Keep reading