Putting the ‘F’ back in Freedom

This season, I shall mostly be looking forward to ‘Team America: World Police’. The Independent writes audiences should be prepared to “imagine the Thunderbirds fighting the war on Terror. Or, if you prefer, a Jerry Bruckheimer action-fest recast as a musical.” First peeks on the internet show Osama bin Laden adorned by naked nymphs, Mount Rushmore hiding the secret headquarters of “Team America” and Michael Moore covered in mustard with half eaten hot dogs in his hands....

August 3, 2004 · 1 min · Rob Dyke

Mine arrived today....

TURN ON, TUNE IN, DROP OUT. Good. I feel safe now.

August 3, 2004 · 1 min · Rob Dyke

DEFCON Mango

“Much of the information that led the authorities to raise the terror alert at several large financial institutions in the New York City and Washington areas was three or four years old, intelligence and law enforcement officials said on Monday.” p.s. use bugmenot.com

August 3, 2004 · 1 min · Rob Dyke

SCREAM (quietly) if you want to go faster!

“The case is a historic victory for the little guy against the giant corporation and for the environment in general."

August 3, 2004 · 1 min · Rob Dyke

WiaB from Labour

Developed by Big New World for the Labour Party, Web-in-a-Box (WiaB) is a website-building tool for the Labour Party family. “You don’t need any specialist programming knowledge to edit the site - just basic word processing skills.” So, is it a bit like using Blogspot/MT then? Here’s an example of what it produces…So a LOT like blogspot then…. But it’s NOT! It’s the same old, tired, static, centralised, plug-and-produce website that stifles any sort of discussion or relationship with an MP....

August 2, 2004 · 1 min · Rob Dyke