http://www.ministry-of-information.co.uk/blog/ Not doing the things no-one thought of not doing en-us 2009-07-06T09:58:53+00:00 54.04540-2.78966 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MinistryOfInformation/~3/oLSxnIrCmeU/003110.htm Anyone else think it odd that the government's 'easy to remember' hygiene advice about swine flu begins with "Catch It"?...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MinistryOfInformation?a=oLSxnIrCmeU:goLDGYCWVEk:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MinistryOfInformation?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MinistryOfInformation/~4/oLSxnIrCmeU" height="1" width="1"/> Whatever Ministry 2009-07-06T09:58:53+00:00 http://www.ministry-of-information.co.uk/blog/archives/003110.htm http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MinistryOfInformation/~3/dlArxoWAcp8/003109.htm I'm just about prepared to accept that Wikipedia is a fair starting point for casual research: a means of identifying potential keywords and topics which one could then investigate via more credible sources of validated information....<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MinistryOfInformation?a=dlArxoWAcp8:aWVlFSpBKrU:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MinistryOfInformation?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MinistryOfInformation/~4/dlArxoWAcp8" height="1" width="1"/> Look what I found Ministry 2009-07-05T12:42:22+00:00 http://www.ministry-of-information.co.uk/blog/archives/003109.htm http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MinistryOfInformation/~3/scwe_W4onCU/003108.htm Two updates today, both digging deep into the backlog:...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MinistryOfInformation?a=scwe_W4onCU:Qo4ioEsToMY:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MinistryOfInformation?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MinistryOfInformation/~4/scwe_W4onCU" height="1" width="1"/> Photos Ministry 2009-07-03T19:56:16+00:00 http://www.ministry-of-information.co.uk/blog/archives/003108.htm http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MinistryOfInformation/~3/ES2JjBkqMTg/003107.htm A newspaper's 'science' editor* makes a fool of himself in criticising real scientists' criticism of 'science' journalists....<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MinistryOfInformation?a=ES2JjBkqMTg:d1cXQNbj_Ig:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MinistryOfInformation?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MinistryOfInformation/~4/ES2JjBkqMTg" height="1" width="1"/> Look what I found Ministry 2009-07-01T15:32:47+00:00 http://www.ministry-of-information.co.uk/blog/archives/003107.htm http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MinistryOfInformation/~3/MSMpe7XmB78/003105.htm Björn Ulvaeus, musician and, as I've just discovered, member of the Swedish Humanist Association, restates the simple principle that "religion and schools don't mix". He's not wrong....<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MinistryOfInformation?a=MSMpe7XmB78:GtmKC8-qxug:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MinistryOfInformation?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MinistryOfInformation/~4/MSMpe7XmB78" height="1" width="1"/> Look what I found Ministry 2009-06-30T13:57:27+00:00 http://www.ministry-of-information.co.uk/blog/archives/003105.htm http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MinistryOfInformation/~3/SkHakEoTaM4/003104.htm A Saturday evening/Sunday spent in Borrowdale with close friends is a very long way from a Monday morning in the office with, well, colleagues. And I don't mean 120 km by road. Must do the former more often....<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MinistryOfInformation?a=SkHakEoTaM4:htmBMBe7PbQ:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MinistryOfInformation?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MinistryOfInformation/~4/SkHakEoTaM4" height="1" width="1"/> A day in the life Ministry 2009-06-29T10:33:08+00:00 http://www.ministry-of-information.co.uk/blog/archives/003104.htm http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MinistryOfInformation/~3/grUVNqHd_Tw/003102.htm I'm an individualist. You may have noticed by now....<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MinistryOfInformation?a=grUVNqHd_Tw:U3OvTXPyqq0:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MinistryOfInformation?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MinistryOfInformation/~4/grUVNqHd_Tw" height="1" width="1"/> Whatever Ministry 2009-06-21T14:51:05+00:00 http://www.ministry-of-information.co.uk/blog/archives/003102.htm http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MinistryOfInformation/~3/Ur69oarndzo/003100.htm This morning's 2&frac12;-hour meeting with consultants discussed "going forwards" (a phrase I've managed to avoid being inflicted on me until today) at extreme length but failed to reach any conclusions about how to proceed. Going forwards....<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MinistryOfInformation?a=Ur69oarndzo:leTmuVVHSto:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MinistryOfInformation?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MinistryOfInformation/~4/Ur69oarndzo" height="1" width="1"/> A day in the life Ministry 2009-06-19T15:53:10+00:00 http://www.ministry-of-information.co.uk/blog/archives/003100.htm http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MinistryOfInformation/~3/rKvR7Gfj58g/003099.htm The BBC reports that schools in California (eh? so why's the BBC bothered?) are phasing-out textbooks in favour of "approved online learning materials". I'm not sure whether I have an opinion on the relative merits of paper-based and online learning...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MinistryOfInformation?a=rKvR7Gfj58g:aAz7_lpXn88:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MinistryOfInformation?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MinistryOfInformation/~4/rKvR7Gfj58g" height="1" width="1"/> Whatever Ministry 2009-06-16T15:38:41+00:00 http://www.ministry-of-information.co.uk/blog/archives/003099.htm http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MinistryOfInformation/~3/zxdSihgQK7o/003098.htm In an attempt to separate the effectiveness of three search engines from testers' brand loyalty/hostility, Michael Kordahi has set up a 'blind search' interface. Given keywords, this performs the same search on Google, Yahoo! and Microsoft's Bing, and asks visitors...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MinistryOfInformation?a=zxdSihgQK7o:-fFw9wODUlo:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MinistryOfInformation?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MinistryOfInformation/~4/zxdSihgQK7o" height="1" width="1"/> Internet Ministry 2009-06-11T14:04:12+00:00 http://www.ministry-of-information.co.uk/blog/archives/003098.htm http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MinistryOfInformation/~3/_u_1csIPMxA/003096.htm As always, the US National Marrow Donor Program is seeking potential donors of bone marrow. One statistic surprised me, but another was incomprehensible....<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MinistryOfInformation?a=_u_1csIPMxA:rH_AJytQu8s:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MinistryOfInformation?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MinistryOfInformation/~4/_u_1csIPMxA" height="1" width="1"/> Look what I found Ministry 2009-06-09T13:10:44+00:00 http://www.ministry-of-information.co.uk/blog/archives/003096.htm http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MinistryOfInformation/~3/gD59nqRBOqo/003086.htm Germaine Greer's slightly overblown lyricism may harm her message, but she's right: industrial cooling towers and municipal gas holders are beautiful objects, at least as worthy of preservation as street trees....<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MinistryOfInformation?a=gD59nqRBOqo:DV_FL2gM-pc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MinistryOfInformation?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MinistryOfInformation/~4/gD59nqRBOqo" height="1" width="1"/> Design Ministry 2009-06-08T11:33:10+00:00 http://www.ministry-of-information.co.uk/blog/archives/003086.htm http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MinistryOfInformation/~3/mIhs998DM9Q/003072.htm Microsoft calls Bing a decision engine. Why? "That's our goal of not just providing links but helping you solve the key task that you're trying to do," says Program Manager Nathan Buggia.Does that mean the return of the ****ing Microsoft...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MinistryOfInformation?a=mIhs998DM9Q:g2moe3fOSu0:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MinistryOfInformation?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MinistryOfInformation/~4/mIhs998DM9Q" height="1" width="1"/> Internet Ministry 2009-06-05T12:31:12+00:00 http://www.ministry-of-information.co.uk/blog/archives/003072.htm http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MinistryOfInformation/~3/m9LLJ5Pu5EI/001515.htm A while ago, a standard monthly Windows Update installed a Firefox add-on, without (informed) consent and without the option to remove it. Needless to say, I wasn't impressed: neither by Microsoft's action nor Mozilla's failure to prevent what has to...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MinistryOfInformation?a=m9LLJ5Pu5EI:ed-bzVvVfbY:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MinistryOfInformation?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MinistryOfInformation/~4/m9LLJ5Pu5EI" height="1" width="1"/> Internet Ministry 2009-06-02T18:14:57+00:00 http://www.ministry-of-information.co.uk/blog/archives/001515.htm http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MinistryOfInformation/~3/KyVgrdCoVgk/003035.htm Interminably circulating e-mails have made the anamorphic street art of Julian Beever world-famous (justifiably), but here's another practitioner, Edgar M&uuml;ller....<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MinistryOfInformation?a=KyVgrdCoVgk:QjiQ8M_M_vo:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MinistryOfInformation?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MinistryOfInformation/~4/KyVgrdCoVgk" height="1" width="1"/> Interesting Sites Ministry 2009-06-01T19:35:15+00:00 http://www.ministry-of-information.co.uk/blog/archives/003035.htm