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Word shopping

November 12, 2011

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I’m reading “The cult of information: A neo Luddite treatise on the history of information” by Theodore Roszak. Given that it’s the first time I’ve been properly intellectually challenged since university, it’s taking me a while to get through it. It’s the book equivalent wholemeal bread – chewy but filling. The other night I came […]

“Vote now by pressing the red button on your handsets”

April 10, 2010

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Politics just got a lot more real. I choose to waste my time reading Boing Boing and one of the big issues at the moment is Britain’s Digital Economy Bill that was passed this week. Through various articles they’ve highlighted the contents of the bill and encouraged visitors to show their opposition. The first call […]

Digital Economy Act: Letter to Lord Clement-Jones

April 10, 2010

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Dear Lord Clement-Jones, I’m writing to ask you to oppose the Digital Economy Act, which was recently passed in the wash-up session at the House of Commons. As with many other countries, Britain’s future will be a digital one, and so I consider this legislation to be as important as any bill concerning the economy. […]