Archive for April, 2004

The real risk of terrorism

Posted on April 26, 2004 ~ Filed Under Culture

I caught the end of a thought-provoking radio programme about terrorism last night. It was an edition of Analysis on Radio 4 called Fear and Voting and looked rationally at the threat of terrorism. One of the arguments went that we are currently unable to correctly assess the risk of terrorism, and that this makes […]

My underwear has a home at last

Posted on April 26, 2004 ~ Filed Under Diary

This weekend we bought a chest of drawers for the bedroom. The exciting thing about this is that for the first time in over two years, my underwear is no longer sitting in a cardboard box on the floor of the bedroom. Glamorous though my Marks and Spencer’s pants doubtless are, it’s nice to have […]

Designing without tables

Posted on April 25, 2004 ~ Filed Under Web ideas

So, I decided to spruce up Bojates! with a design using stylesheets instead of tables. Nice to work with, and less code to worry about and download. I was thwarted, however, for the pictures section because Gallery uses tables like it was 1998. It’s prompted me to think seriously about looking again at code for […]

Practicing lesbian

Posted on April 23, 2004 ~ Filed Under Diary

I just heard a rather amusing line on Radio 4. I believe I was listening to an episode of Bunn & Co.
[voice of fifty-something woman speaking on the phone to a nosey journalist]
“Excuse me, I’m not a practicing lesbian! I’ve been at it for 35 years now, I’m fully qualified.” [slams phone down]

The Atkinsons respond

Posted on April 22, 2004 ~ Filed Under Culture

Now, this is the way to handle libel. The BBC reports that Rowan Atkinson has been given substantial libel damages over allegations that he had been on the edge of a nervous breakdown. What interests me about this? Largely the response of Atkinson, who has made it clear that much of the problem with the […]