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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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]
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 [...]