Election 2005 Blogs
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.…
Dave Briggs
An online notebook
Dave Briggs
An online notebook
Dave
Council sells abandoned cars on eBay
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…
E.E. Cummings
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…
Palimpsest
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…
Upgrade
For those who visit the site rather than subscribing, you will notice a change in style. This is down to the upgrade to WordPress 1.5 which I have finally got round to putting into place. Will have a look at…
Aubade
Just in case, er, someone, is interested, I was reading Aubade by Philip Larkin for the nth time last night, just before I went to bed. Here it is. I don’t think this will land me in any trouble, copyright…
Blogging’s Killer App
Steven Streight asks What is the Killer App for Blogs? I wonder: has the killer app for blogs been realized yet? What implementation of blogging holds the greatest promise for the future? I really don’t think the perfect and ideal…
Blogging from East to West
Interesting article on the BBC News site about blogging: Weblogs started off as a personal outpouring, a kind of digital diary. If you work on the basis that a problem shared is a problem halved, you can share with millions…
Been Away
I have been away for a few days over the Easter weekend. Normal service will be resumed today, hopefully…
E-mail is under-used in politics
From the BBC: The dramatic rise in home internet access has failed to plug the communication gap between politicians and citizens, a new survey has found. The survey, commissioned by Telewest Business, found that only 1% of people have contacted…