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Hold your nose whilst voting for Ken? What are we – the French?

May 3, 2012

A lot of tweeters on Tom Watson’s feed have been saying that they’ve voted for Ken Livingstone in the London Mayoral contest whilst holding their noses. Look, if you don’t want to vote for Boris Johnson because you believe that he’ll do nothing for London then that’s fine. But if you then vote for Ken [...]

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Apple forces changes to e-reader apps

July 26, 2011
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It had to happen sooner or later. According to a report on CNet, Apple has kicked out other e-reader apps (or made buying off them more of a hassle). Apple twice amended its terms for subscriptions in the App Store, requiring companies to give Apple a 30 percent cut on sales their apps generate. In [...]

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The joy of being nearly 50

June 26, 2011
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It’s a nice, warm Sunday morning and the shades are down. The flat is clean and tidy. The computers are quietly idling away and the television, radio and podcasts are silent. Although we’re busy, the InDesign and EPUB work can be put off till the working week. The Ninja Beaver children are grown up, and [...]

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Burn a…….what?

September 9, 2010
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The plan to burn copies of the Koran by the congregation of a small church in the city of Gainesville, Florida has been making the news headlines all over the world. Besides the fact that this is an offensive act against the Muslim world (although the US Constitution gives the pastor Terry Jones the right [...]

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Epic Fail

June 25, 2010
Epic Fail

So, the NinjaBeaver fancies playing a new game on his PS3. Finished Red Dead Redemption (a thoroughly enjoyable game. A bit buggy and full of ninja cougars and bears plus bad guys who have the usual bad guy magic bullets that can go through walls and kill you with one shot from 500 yards away. [...]

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Human Nature

January 1, 2009

Well I hope everyone I know, indeed everyone in general had a lovely Christmas or whatever holiday period you happen to observe – and Happy New Year! Let’s hope 2009 as a whole doesn’t turn out the way January is shaping up to be. I’ve been very, very busy of late and not massively inclined [...]

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