The Rotters’ Club

The first episode of The Rotters’ Club was on BBC2 last night and it was, as I suspected, a disappointment. ono No Komachi and amner discuss it on Palimpsest here – I’ll add my thoughts from here to there when I get home – still problems with posting to Palimpsest at work, worse luck. I … Keep reading

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My Thoughts on Flickr

Flickr is brilliant. A really great service, easy to use and full of features. It’s basically a place to store digital photos online. You upload the ones you want and Flickr automatically makes them available in a few different web friendly sizes, so you don’t need to bother resizing them yourself. You can then make … Keep reading

Flickr Test…

Beach Huts at Wells Originally uploaded by theclosedcircle. Just testing posting pictures through Flickr. It seems to work pretty well!

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