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Assange: Conspiracy or coincidence

Errant — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 14:47:47 +0000

Today various news agencies are reporting that Julian Assange, Wikileaks founder, is wanted in connection to rape allegations. Coincidence? Well, maybe. People have been pretty quick to come up with various conspiracy theories; the ones I’m seeing in my usual … Continue reading →

The Fallacy of Visualisation

Errant — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 00:12:20 +0000

Earlier, in a rather dramatic post, Wired declared that “The Web is Dead, Long Live the Internet“. Which is a pretty amusing bandwagon for them to be on in the first place. It would be fun to rip the article itself … Continue reading →

I am my Web Host

Errant — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 18:59:17 +0000

As I blogged about a few days ago I’ve fallen out with my web host. This tends to happen every few years; the standard of “cheap but reliable” hosting has taken a dive. Especially in the area of customer service … Continue reading →

Bank Simple actually personalise their email

Errant — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 19:02:19 +0000

I am very impressed with Bank Simple (a neat project I came across via HN). Banking startups are an interesting (and hard) area so, in the spirit of “why not”, I left them my email a few months back. As a … Continue reading →

Why I want an Eco-House

Errant — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 19:55:48 +0000

When people ask me (admittedly not very often) what sort of house I want in the future I usually say “a low impact, grass roof eco-home“. This follow up is usually something along the lines of: “huh, no way you … Continue reading →

The dangers of relying on 3rd party APIs

Errant — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 11:32:36 +0000

You may remember a short while ago Twitter had some downtime; connections seemed to drift into the ether and time out after a number of seconds (or even minutes). Even the API was affected, and as a result so was … Continue reading →

That Piracy thing again (debunking the arguments)

Errant — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 14:44:37 +0000

So piracy is back in the news this week with the US government’s proposed “Joint Strategic Plan to combat intellectual property theft“. Cue the typical hand waving and ranting from both sides of the orchard. I always hate times like this … Continue reading →

How to write a good CV

Errant — Mon, 31 May 2010 21:20:55 +0000

Writing a CV often seems a pretty easy task to most (or, worse, a fairly unimportant one). The sad fact is that a lot of people are just god-awful at it. Here’s how to write a really killer CV (tldr: … Continue reading →

A laid back approach to email

Errant — Wed, 26 May 2010 09:38:44 +0000

Technology is amazing; you can now converse with someone the other side of the globe effectively instantly via IM and email. The question is: is this a good thing? Clearly in a lot of cases it is. But what about … Continue reading →

Why I think “Draw Mohammed Day” is a bad idea

Errant — Thu, 20 May 2010 22:24:27 +0000

Draw Mohammed day is this silly idea someone came up with in an attempt to show unity against extremists who threaten death to those who, well, draw Mohammed. (for background; Muslims often find it offensive when people draw Mohammed because … Continue reading →