Archive for the 'news' Category

Barcelona or Bust!

Friday, April 8th, 2005

I’ve just got a new flat sorted out in Barcelona, so I’M BACK! I have to say, it’s nice to be in BCN again. Big shout out and ’nuff respeck to Lio for the use of his fun bouncy sofa bed while I was looking for a flat. The new flat, which I’ll be sharing with [...]

Foxblocker

Tuesday, March 29th, 2005

From my limited experience of Fox News (it’s hard to stand for too long), this seems like a great idea, if it was technically likely to work. FOX Blocker filters out FOX News when you put it inline on your cable input. It’s just a notch filter for a certain frequency, so it’s only going [...]

Snow!

Tuesday, March 1st, 2005

It’s bloody snowing! In Tarragona! Last time this happened, they had a book about it. (Photo clichés to come…)

Banned comic

Tuesday, March 1st, 2005

Russ suggested his readers post this comic on their blogs, to counter its banning by various papers. So I did. [Important: it's cropped to fit - original is available.]

Destroying Babylon

Monday, January 17th, 2005

Dahr Jamal again, on how the Americans not only don’t have any regard for life; they don’t care about world cultural heritage, either: Destroying Babylon

Dahr Jamail’s Iraq Dispatches

Thursday, December 9th, 2004

I’ve been reading Dahr Jamail’s Iraq Dispatches via the RSS feed. It’s interesting from the natural tone of it – just someone who’s there telling what he sees. The latest installment is more gruesome than usual – a new photo gallery from Falluja. I’ll let Dahr explain it, where you’ll also find a link to [...]

hell

Thursday, October 7th, 2004

The Digital Journalist:

Terrorists? They can’t even pronounce the word…

Saturday, October 2nd, 2004

http://home.earthlink.net/~houval/gopconstrm.mov Via Tom

Eddie Adams: What A Guy

Tuesday, September 28th, 2004

Eddie Adams: What A Guy from CBSNEWS.com.

Is Google News Biased?

Monday, September 27th, 2004

Interesting article at Search Engine Watch.

Hmmm, sexay!

Sunday, August 1st, 2004

Not bad, this Faria Alam bird, but not my type… googling for Faria.

Google faces Gmail advert limits

Friday, May 28th, 2004

The BBC, reporting on Gmail getting caught up in legislation. The final decision on whether it becomes law falls to California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger who can approve it or decide to terminate it.

French farmers, eh?

Wednesday, May 5th, 2004

French farmers, eh?

Anyone look familiar?

Monday, April 19th, 2004

Er, does that guy look… familiar…?

Friday, March 12th, 2004

“Is it OK for you to kill our children, women, old people and youth in Afghanistan, Iraq, Palestine and Kashmir? And is it forbidden to us to kill yours?” the claim asked. Well, it’s a fair question, really. Maybe it should have been answered before today. Before children, women, old people and youth were blown to [...]