http://www.ministry-of-information.co.uk/blog/ Not doing the things no-one thought of not doing en-us 2009-11-06T21:55:41+00:00 54.04540-2.78966 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MinistryOfInformation/~3/bzbrlsg76Vk/003159.htm When I first heard Porcupine Tree's latest album, 'The Incident', I wasn't impressed: too derivative of SW's 'Insurgentes' in places, lacking coherency in others and, whilst I respect their wish to progress, this just isn't the sort of music that...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MinistryOfInformation?a=bzbrlsg76Vk:fwyYpYjlxKk: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/bzbrlsg76Vk" height="1" width="1"/> Porcupine Tree Ministry 2009-11-06T21:55:41+00:00 http://www.ministry-of-information.co.uk/blog/archives/003159.htm http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MinistryOfInformation/~3/00kXA_D4eM4/003158.htm In a Guardian article about musical comedy, Chris Larner accidentally describes how I prefer to experience music &ndash; or rather, he describes its antithesis....<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MinistryOfInformation?a=00kXA_D4eM4:AyR7WRAPPLw:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MinistryOfInformation?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MinistryOfInformation/~4/00kXA_D4eM4" height="1" width="1"/> Ministry 2009-10-30T12:20:07+00:00 http://www.ministry-of-information.co.uk/blog/archives/003158.htm http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MinistryOfInformation/~3/Z5tDLk35lo8/003157.htm I'm not surprised to discover that David Mitchell feels much the same way about his flat as I do about my house: so long as it provides a safe, comfortable (but never luxurious) environment in which to live, I'm not...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MinistryOfInformation?a=Z5tDLk35lo8:O0k2Nyy9EA0: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/Z5tDLk35lo8" height="1" width="1"/> Look what I found Ministry 2009-10-25T14:02:53+00:00 http://www.ministry-of-information.co.uk/blog/archives/003157.htm http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MinistryOfInformation/~3/H7UJLr-CcDs/003156.htm How well do you perceive colours? A firm specialising in colour calibration offers a quick (I was going to say 'simple', but it isn't as easy as that might imply) online version of the Farnsworth-Munsell 100 Hue Test....<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MinistryOfInformation?a=H7UJLr-CcDs:bO_11kjG5pE: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/H7UJLr-CcDs" height="1" width="1"/> Interesting Sites Ministry 2009-10-25T11:31:01+00:00 http://www.ministry-of-information.co.uk/blog/archives/003156.htm http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MinistryOfInformation/~3/zYnA4sOyRtw/003155.htm The forthcoming film of Maurice Sendak's 'Where The Wild Things Are' looks good, but its author seems even better....<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MinistryOfInformation?a=zYnA4sOyRtw:2Ulf86RW4Ow: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/zYnA4sOyRtw" height="1" width="1"/> Look what I found Ministry 2009-10-23T11:19:07+00:00 http://www.ministry-of-information.co.uk/blog/archives/003155.htm http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MinistryOfInformation/~3/OtKNjDis96M/003154.htm We have new &ndash; fresh; vigorous; insightful &ndash; members of senior management at work, who are setting Key Performance Indicators in order to quantify their impact on us drones, who are plainly incapable of prioritising our own workloads....<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MinistryOfInformation?a=OtKNjDis96M:8litjUbG_aU: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/OtKNjDis96M" height="1" width="1"/> A day in the life Ministry 2009-10-22T10:31:36+00:00 http://www.ministry-of-information.co.uk/blog/archives/003154.htm http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MinistryOfInformation/~3/x5A-87NmhRA/003153.htm I'm accustomed to the mini-industry of gimmicks surrounding University graduation ceremonies &ndash; ties, cufflinks, keyrings, etc. &ndash; and now jigsaws?...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MinistryOfInformation?a=x5A-87NmhRA:LlrM6pZ46FE: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/x5A-87NmhRA" height="1" width="1"/> Look what I found Ministry 2009-10-20T17:08:34+00:00 http://www.ministry-of-information.co.uk/blog/archives/003153.htm http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MinistryOfInformation/~3/POuwlkNJqAM/003152.htm Installations by Mark Jenkins. The use of mannequins in incongruous locations &amp; poses is amusing, but the cellophane sculptures are particularly attractive....<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MinistryOfInformation?a=POuwlkNJqAM:7deJGf_YlU4: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/POuwlkNJqAM" height="1" width="1"/> Interesting Sites Ministry 2009-10-20T13:05:24+00:00 http://www.ministry-of-information.co.uk/blog/archives/003152.htm http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MinistryOfInformation/~3/ChkYypDLOCw/003151.htm Microsoft's at it again. The most recent 'Patch Tuesday' updates, record-breaking in their extent, included an undeclared plugin for Firefox (that's plugin, not extension; they're different), related to the .NET Framework. The first Fx users are likely to know is...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MinistryOfInformation?a=ChkYypDLOCw:p_Dpe7r7PNM: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/ChkYypDLOCw" height="1" width="1"/> Tech Ministry 2009-10-19T11:17:20+00:00 http://www.ministry-of-information.co.uk/blog/archives/003151.htm http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MinistryOfInformation/~3/pt3Z3fZtE9Y/003126.htm Well, no, not really. Isn't that the whole point of charity collections?...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MinistryOfInformation?a=pt3Z3fZtE9Y:eT8KdLYt-Ng: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/pt3Z3fZtE9Y" height="1" width="1"/> Whatever Ministry 2009-10-16T13:49:20+00:00 http://www.ministry-of-information.co.uk/blog/archives/003126.htm http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MinistryOfInformation/~3/1YSnT0CV8qc/003149.htm One tiny compensation from the overwhelming CCTV coverage of urban Britain is that it's not necessarily surveillance &ndash; there are far more cameras than operators and a minority of the footage is ever likely to be seen before being overwritten....<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MinistryOfInformation?a=1YSnT0CV8qc:w5bm7qTqhOU:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MinistryOfInformation?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MinistryOfInformation/~4/1YSnT0CV8qc" height="1" width="1"/> Privacy Ministry 2009-10-12T14:03:53+00:00 http://www.ministry-of-information.co.uk/blog/archives/003149.htm http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MinistryOfInformation/~3/cQt8MzYCghY/003148.htm I rarely visit those affected (and none of the filesharing sites specifically named), but certain websites attempt to force visitors to view adverts (even those of us using adblockers) by inserting intermediary pages: to reach the intended page, one has...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MinistryOfInformation?a=cQt8MzYCghY:BVZMfFZA_wA: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/cQt8MzYCghY" height="1" width="1"/> Internet Ministry 2009-10-08T13:02:14+00:00 http://www.ministry-of-information.co.uk/blog/archives/003148.htm http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MinistryOfInformation/~3/kqyVAXsGS3g/003147.htm According to a trawl through my office PC's browser history by 'WhatTheInternetKnowsAboutYou', I've visited 19 of the 5,000 most popular websites and 50 of the top 20,000....<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MinistryOfInformation?a=kqyVAXsGS3g:laSEfjbuhvg: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/kqyVAXsGS3g" height="1" width="1"/> Internet Ministry 2009-10-06T17:06:08+00:00 http://www.ministry-of-information.co.uk/blog/archives/003147.htm http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MinistryOfInformation/~3/scwe_W4onCU/003108.htm Why is it that pretty much the only website I can't access via Firefox, but which works fine in IE, is my administrator login page for iTunes U, at Apple.com?...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MinistryOfInformation?a=scwe_W4onCU:9DDUhr3piWc: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"/> Internet Ministry 2009-10-02T15:56:16+00:00 http://www.ministry-of-information.co.uk/blog/archives/003108.htm http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MinistryOfInformation/~3/6DBYjPEWJ7o/003145.htm I'm almost tempted to repeat the exact same text as I posted in April: again, it's been a while since my last photo update because I've been spending more time taking photos than writing about them....<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MinistryOfInformation?a=6DBYjPEWJ7o:TvsdTnUzkg4:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MinistryOfInformation?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MinistryOfInformation/~4/6DBYjPEWJ7o" height="1" width="1"/> Photos Ministry 2009-09-30T10:44:37+00:00 http://www.ministry-of-information.co.uk/blog/archives/003145.htm