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My Dad does some e-campaigning!
Published on 2011-11-10 05:27:50
See the below from my Dad: Dear AllI was shocked when I took a small amount of lead tubing to our local scrapyard last week.The metal fetched £2.50 / Kg now and I came away with over £60 in cash.I … Continue reading → > read more
Very old school photography
Published on 2011-11-02 09:19:49
Film photography is slow, expensive, limited and prone to mistakes, errors and fogged film. However it’s also a rather joyful experience with random surprises thrown in from time to time. Being able to take only 10 or 11 precious shots at a … Continue reading → > read more
Hacking a cheap as chips camera
Published on 2011-10-18 16:57:42
CHDK – the Canon Hack Development Kit is a very neat bit of software that allows you to add lots of new and exciting features to Canon compact cameras, and is something I’ve been wanting to try out for ages. … Continue reading → > read more
Twitter’s not just for elections…
Published on 2011-09-12 10:08:41
I’m often looking for ways to engage with my MP – usually online, since that’s how a lot of things are done in the 21st century (banking, paying bills, booking travel etc). However sometimes I get a little bit despondent … Continue reading → > read more
What the government got wrong with the new epetition system, and how they can fix it
Published on 2011-07-29 05:50:29
e-petitions: what the UK government got wrong with the new e petition system, and what they can do to fix it. Continue reading → > read more
Help save lives in Africa
Published on 2011-07-20 11:55:40
There’s been lots of bad news from the Horn of Africa recently – with the UN officially declaring it a famine (first time since the 1980s). You can donate via the Disasters Emergency Committee who are co-ordinating the relief effort … Continue reading → > read more
Trying out Google plus one (updated)
Published on 2011-06-02 05:06:30
I’ve just had a go at installing the new Google like plus one button on this blog. It’s available in US English only and you have to opt in to the experiment in order to get it to work properly. … Continue reading → > read more
Pete’s ultimate list of top 10 infographics in the world ever
Published on 2011-05-16 07:34:47
Right, here’s a list of 10 11 infographics* (in no particular order) that have caught my attention for one reason or another, which I’ve put together to help kick off a bit of discussion about how we can use them … Continue reading → > read more
My avatar’s now in a water pistol duel
Published on 2011-05-16 06:25:03
Right, this is slightly bizarre. My @kimondo avatar picture, which has already been blasted into orbit on the space shuttle, is now starring in a series of youtube water pistol shootouts. It seemed to make sense at the time. Thanks … Continue reading → > read more
Saving lives with cheap, effective vaccines.
Published on 2011-04-26 12:04:23
Right – here’s a quick plug for a project I’m working on at the moment: We all take for granted the vaccines we had when we were little (I actually managed to embarrass my GP father by making a bit … Continue reading → > read more