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PLP snatches defeat from the jaws of victory for Labour
It’s been quite embarrassing watching the own goal scored by the Parliamentary Labour Party (PLP) this last week. In a week that should have given the party a chance to make up all the lost ground with the voters that ultimately led to them losing what should have been an un-loseable election back in 2015, they chose instead to turn on their leader, ultimately giving the government time to recover from the EU referendum defeat and to hide their own deep divisions.… Read the rest
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Avination about to Close?
Currently, Avination is still open for business. However, it appears that their customer service is no longer active and for at least some accounts, they didn’t take last month’s tier payment. Their forum has been removed and there’s nothing I can find on the web referencing their latest plans.… Read the rest
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The State of the Economy Conference
Today I spent the day experiencing something I never thought I’d see, some of the great and the good from the Labour Party getting down with the plebs. Yes, the audience contained some of that glorious mix of people that you never see outside of party events, including some new elements of crazy from the peanut gallery that made me laugh plus all the normal interest groups that makes Labour such a cauldron of sometimes bonkers ideas but there were normal people there too. … Read the rest
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Fix those post-Christmas blues with an Amazon Kindle eBook freebie and do something positive!
January is always such a bleh month here in the Northern Hemisphere, so to as a change from thinking you should go to the gym or do something that involves going outside, do something worthy and grab yourself copy of Securing Your Email From Prying Eyes.… Read the rest
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A New Book Release: Securing Your Email From Prying Eyes. Book 1 – Using Gpg4win on Windows
You may remember that around 6 months ago I posted a quick how-to for Gpg4win called Protecting your emails from prying eyes. From looking a various comments made around the web, I realised that a lot of people were getting stuck trying to use it. … Read the rest
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Internet News Channels – World Wide Internet TV (WWITV)
During my moseying around the internet looking for interesting TV channels to watch on my travels, I found the Netherlands based World Wide Internet TV (WWITV) website. It claims to list over 300 different internet TV channels that you can watch. … Read the rest
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Internet News Channels Part 7 – Iran’s Press TV
Part 7 of my news stations you can watch while travelling series. This time it’s Iran’s Press TV. Press TV is based in Iran and primarily reports on issues in the Middle East and North Africa with at least half an hour a day of Iranian news.… Read the rest
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Internet News Channels Part 6 – Al Jazeera
This is part 6 of my news stations you can watch while travelling series. This time it’s Al Jazeera Al Jazeera broadcasts from Qatar but you wouldn’t know it. Its focus is the Middle East and they’re probably the best for the range of international news but for domestic news, you’ll be waiting a long time.… Read the rest
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Internet News Channels Part 5 – Japan’s NHK World
Here’s Part 5 of my news stations you can watch while travelling series. Today it’s Japan’t NHK world NHK World is another paid for subscription but it does have a small live broadcast insert on its homepage. If you click on the 512k radio button you’ll get a pop-out that is more viewer friendly.… Read the rest
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Internet News Channels Part 4 – China’s CCTV
Here’s part 4 of my news stations you can watch while travelling series. This time it’s the Chinese broadcaster CCTV. China’s CCTV has changed from an international broadcaster of their domestic rolling news station to creating a US focussed international station. … Read the rest
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Booking your travel using Bitcoins
You may be aware that the virtual currency Bitcoins is becoming more popular as more people use them. There’s at least one pub here in London that takes them (the Pembury Tavern) and The Old Shoreditch Station cafe that also takes them. … Read the rest
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Internet News Channels Part 3 – EuroNews
Here’s the third part of my news stations you can watch while travelling series. This time it’s Euronews. I can’t always get Euronews to play on the app and when it does it doesn’t rotate to landscape view so it’s not as much of a favourite as the others but the range of reporting means it should be on your list to check out. … Read the rest
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Internet News Channels Part 2 – BBC World
BBC world is subscription only, so unless your hotel has it, you won’t be able to have access to it. I’ve always been unhappy that even with a TV licence I couldn’t access it here in the UK. The BBC is the BBC and while it may appear more impartial than other stations, it does toe the government line. … Read the rest
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Internet News Channels Part 1 – RT Russia Today
Ahh Russia Today, you can’t beat it for sarcasm and laughs. It appears to have newsrooms in both the US and Russia and runs both global and US versions of its English language channel. Both channels have a US focus that takes the news and gives a different perspective on US interests around the world and at home. … Read the rest
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Protecting your emails from prying eyes
This is a little off topic but as we’ve seen down the last couple of months, there are many governments who want to collect your emails, web searches, Skype and phone calls. As I was strolling around the web, I saw an article by Kaspersky giving you a tip on how to encrypt your Gmail emails in your browser using a chrome plug-in. … Read the rest
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Travelling Around the World of Internet News Channels
I haven’t been travelling much down the last few months, a couple of daytrips does not a trip make… So since I’m here in London and kicking back in the sunshine, I thought I do a series of posts that run through of the various English language rolling news TV networks that are around.… Read the rest
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Cayova – A new social media site
There’s a new social media site in town and it’s called Cayova. It appears to be based on the Google+ design but has one important difference, it gives you the ability to manage your privacy when visiting websites. It’s UK based and allows you to block the cookies that track your browsing history or you can allow them access and Cayova will charge the companies a fee, part of which it will pass onto you. … Read the rest
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Clear you cookies before you go looking for travel bargains
Did you know that your search history can affect the price you pay for goods when you shop on the web? Neither did I. This article in the Guardian suggests otherwise though. Search data, he says, “is arguably the most personal data people are entering into anything.… Read the rest
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Phote Me Booths go green
The Photo Me booths in supermarkets have gone green. So if you need to get a passport or visa photo done in the middle of the night, forget it. They’re on a timer and switch off at 11pm at night. Don’t believe anything else a supermarket tells you, I ended up on a wild goose chase through South London trying to find one working as each supermarket told me a different tale. … Read the rest
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Closing the book
Alexia first stumbled inworld on the 28th of August 2006. Second Life had only been open to free accounts for a couple of months and from the moment she stepped inworld the human behind her has been in turns entranced, frustrated and amazed by what she saw and those she came into contact with. … Read the rest
