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Russel Brand or None of the Above?

Russell Brand wants people to show their protest by not voting. People have been not voting in steadily increasing numbers for decades and things have stayed much the same during that time. That form of protest has been labelled voter apathy with pundits claiming the...

A ban on the C word

Okay, now I love you all dearly, mostly because I hope you will buy my books and tell your friends what fun they are, but here's the thing.I've just seen the first Facebook post of someone mentioning the 'C' word. (Not that one, the worse one that should only be used...

Is Facebook the new Jesus?

We used to get out moral guidance from religious leaders, now we get it from social media. There was a story going around Facebook recently about an elderly woman who refused to sit next to a black man on a flight. The flight attendant sympathised and went in search...

Here’s to loads more great readers

Well this is the big day. I'm now formally announcing that I've moved my blog over from the old Blogger/Blogspot platform to here at Wordpress. If you are an existing follower from the old blog you should be able to follow on this one by clicking the follow button...

A license to bill?

I’ve long been troubled by the movement towards licensing the software that we all need to do business and, increasingly, to function in the modern world. The rise of the smart phone is only accelerating this with use of multiple devices, cloud services and the like....

Google have your granny in their computer

I’m a little disturbed. Those of you who have met me might suggest that’s an understatement. It seems Google and others have been harvesting phone numbers and addresses of people from all over the world and the data they are harvesting is for people who do not even...

A day of rest followed by…

Day 25 and 26 - Herefordshire and GloucestershireAfter Shropshire and the industrial museums at Ironbridge and Colebrookdale, which resulted in some nice photos at least, Herefordshire was a day off. I'd arranged to visit a friend who lives in The county and since he...