Facebook has been changing in a profound way. The introduction of public usernames, friend limits have been raised, a change in privacy options, the drop in developer’s support and a calm down from user registrations. Just what is happening to Facebook? Is Facebook trying to change how users use their social networking services to gain more popularity? The ramble continues… in a dangerous... 

A few of you have contacted me raising awareness of slow loading page issues and occasionally a complete failure for the website to load. I am pleased to announce that this issue has been fixed and many of you should notice increased performance levels coming from my little blog. If you would be so generous to allow me to geek out: Pages have now been cached which means you should notice a speed increase... 

“The time, is to be hoped, is gone by, when any defence would be necessary of the ‘liberty of the press’ as one of the securities against corrupt or tyrannical government.” When John Stuart Mill wrote that in his essay On Liberty he was immediately contradicted by the introduction of the ‘Government Press Prosecutions 1858’. Mill stated at the time that he didn’t think he had been contradicted... 

This article has been written for you from The Kingfisher, the narrow boat I am currently living on. Although knowing the difficulties of finding wireless internet connection on the River Wey this article has most likely come to you from a quick ‘copy’ and ‘paste’ from my home in Cheam. I can gladly boast that the power which is currently running my laptop has been gathered from an auxiliary... 

I only have a few more hours until the second part of my ‘main’ holiday starts for this summer. It has been raining for most of the day which has begged the question if I really want to be standing on the back of our (I say our, we sort of share it with a family friend) narrow boat. I don’t claim to be good at many things, especially with practical tasks, but I can drive a narrow boat. Although... 

Having digressed into an article within ‘Books Quarterly’ magazine into the Orwellian opinion of CCTV cameras I have just noticed that it was placed there by Public Relations means with a cheeky veiled liberty-human-rights.org.uk. The subject of CCTV, perhaps better named SS (Surveillance Systems) is seen as a sly activity, even underhand, with the way our movements are recorded without recollection.... 

Last night I was fortunate enough to attend the iTunes Festival in London, Camden at the Round House. As Stephen Fry pointed out as he came on stage, “It is indeed a house, and it is round, a round house”. The evening started off with a talk by Stephen Fry digressing into the history of print, history of recorded sound, revealed truths and copyright. In a digital age where it is almost easier,... 

Originally published April 2009 in The University of Gloucestershire outreach newsletter. National and local press turned up in their droves as co-writer and star of Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz, Simon Pegg, received an Honorary Fellowship from the University of Gloucestershire. There is a lot more to university than just burying your head in books, the experiences that come with studying at... 

Ladies and gentlemen. As always thank you for downloading and listening to this podcast and indeed both past episodes as well. This episode comes with a bit of a twist. To honour the focus we are to make to content, free content, on the internet this podcast will be avaliable in the .ogg vorbis file format as well as the conventional .mp3 format. For those of you who are listening, rather than reading... 

Noun. The act of using Twitter to lessen/destroy a company’s reputation It is perplexing to why Twitter has gained so much popularity during this year when the social networking organism formed during 2006. The majority, if not all, of the available PR blogs have at least one article on Twitter. This blog is an ode to this but it is also true that most blogs have far too many articles concerning... 

I cannot describe the series of events to blame for the unfortunate encounter with the hasty village locals. It may have been when I pointed out a beaten track and guided the rest of my family in that direction. I had recognised a lady, called Linda, from one of the local churches at Mevagissey harbour and so it seemed wise to follow in her direction. We knew that the parade to celebrate feast week...