Silver lining

August 31, 2008 in Photography

Well, it might be raining, but at least that means there are some pictures to be had …
Actually it’s really weird to see one of my photos in situ in a ‘proper’ web page like this, as opposed to the normal Flickr-type page. Gives me a little shiver down the spine, as if it’s ‘professional’ [...]

Sites to see: Own Your Failure / Government RSS / Twitter Search

August 30, 2008 in Technology
Tags: sitestosee, urls

I won’t post anything much at weekends – too busy on the motor sports front.
But here are three sites, two of which I’ve already linked via del.icio.us that I thought worth even more exposure:
Own Your Failure is a brilliant insta-response to a phrase used in Barack Obama’s Thursday night speech (“It’s time for [the Republicans] [...]

McCain’s all-or-nothing choice

August 29, 2008 in Government
Tags: uspolitics

Just catching up with the news of John McCain’s choice of running mate.
I thought McCain was perceived to be running pretty strongly at this point – statistically neck and neck in the polls with Barack Obama, and Obama doesn’t seem to have yet got the normal poll ‘bounce’ one would expect from a week of [...]

US politics all a-twitter

August 28, 2008 in Government, Technology
Tags: twitter, uspolitics

I’ve been watching more of the Democratic National Convention this year than usual. Partly of course that’s because of the thrilling primary battle, and the historic nature of the outcome (first black candidate narrowly beats out what would have been the first woman candidate.) There’s a real sense of momentous things happening and the world [...]

To support IE6, or not to support?

August 27, 2008 in Government, Technology

So, there’s an interesting post over at Puffbox.com, asking “Should HMG support IE6?“
The author, Simon Dickson, points out that 27 August 2008 is the 7th birthday of Internet Explorer v6. That amazes me: seven years old is ancient for software. Microsoft basically packed up browser development after this, declaring that IE6 was complete and perfect [...]

We apologise for the mess …

August 27, 2008 in Blog Business

Okay, so after about a month of having a blog again for the first time in years, I’ve been doing a bit of rethinking and restructuring.
The blog was basically full of motorsports posts. Which is no bad thing as far as I’m concerned, as it’s very much one of my current passions. And I’ve been [...]

IRL: Round 16 – Indy Grand Prix, Infineon Raceway – Sun Aug 24

August 25, 2008 in Redirect

After the high drama leading up to this race – the incineration of Penske’s chassis and crucial equipment in a hauler fire – this week’s IRL race was remarkably free of incident. Especially given the dramatic shift it made in the 2008 championship standings.

F1: Round 12 – European GP, Valencia, Spain – Sun Aug 24

August 24, 2008 in Redirect

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GP2: Round 16 – Valencia, Spain – Sun Aug 24

August 24, 2008 in Redirect

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NASCAR – Sharpie 500, Bristol Motor Speedway – Sat Aug 23

August 24, 2008 in Redirect

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