Comment Spam

In my absence I have been deluged with comment spam. Comments are now moderated, but I hope to get to them quickly. Not that there are terribly many…

Google to host WikiPedia?

Interesting post on Wikimedia here. Google Inc. has made a proposal to host some of the content of the Wikimedia projects. The terms of the offer are currently being discussed by the board. The developer committee has been informed of some of the details via email. A private IRC meeting with Google is planned for … Keep reading

Apologies

I haven’t touched this thing for ages. Apologies all round. Have been shockingly busy at work and at home recently, and the PC at home just hasn’t been turned on for days now. Am also neglecting Palimpsest, which is naughty of me.

Been doing a fair amount of reading today about organisation and suchlike, both personally and for at work. Here’s some of the stuff I have come across. Moleskine notebooks – these seem cool, if pricey. Loads of links about them here. 43 Folders – this seems to crop up all over the place. Originally based … Keep reading

So Now Who Do We Vote For?

Read this over the weekend. Here’s my review for Palimpsest. So Now Who Do We Vote For? is a 160 odd page ‘book’ from John Harris, erstwhile editor of the excellent but now sadly defunct indie magazine Select and occasional Newsnight Review-er. It details his discontent with the current Labour government, and asks the question … Keep reading