Sunday, October 29, 2006

Irrepressible info

Adj. 1) Impossible to repress or control.

Chat rooms monitored. Blogs deleted. Websites blocked. Search engines restricted. People imprisoned for simply posting and sharing information.

The Internet is a new frontier in the struggle for human rights. Governments – with the help of some of the biggest IT companies in the world – are cracking down on freedom of expression.

Amnesty International, with the support of The Observer UK newspaper, is launching a campaign to show that online or offline the human voice and human rights are impossible to repress.

http://irrepressible.info/



Thursday, October 26, 2006

Long time no hear?

Yes. Sorry for that. The main reason is my right arm has been in a cast for the past 6 weeks. Another 4 to go still (at least). Ho hum. Makes typing more awkward....

Anyway, things going ok. Work good, thesis progressing etc. etc. Same old same old really. Nothing new to say as I haven't had a chance to do anything new ;)

Check out some of the new links on the right tho - last.fm is great, facebook addictive and so on!

Monday, October 09, 2006

Paul Hunter

My thoughts go to to Paul's family on this day.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/snooker/6035879.stm

My God, is this a sad day. Tragic and resonant.