Has anyone seen this? Its a petition that has been started on the 10 downing street site, because there are plans afoot to charge a licence fee to use the internet. This is a link to the petition, Petition... Read more (cache)
Guido is punting a Downing Street e-petition that calls for a referendum on the eu-Constitution Lisbon Treaty. Apparently, as of this morning over 21000 people have signed it. In the spirit of democracy... Read more (cache)
Backbench MPs have received an impassioned plea from Amnesty International UK Director Kate Allen ahead of today's debate on plans to extend pre-charge detention limits to 42 days in terrorism cases. ... Read more (cache)
Tony Sale necesitó ocho fotografías en blanco y negro para reconstruir el primer ordenador programable del mundo. Necesitó, también, 15 años de trabajo no remunerado y mucha ilusión. Su intenció... Read more (cache)
Today I went to Zürich Hauptbahnhof to get my boy a 4-week ticket. Great value - unlimited travel around the city, all for the grand total of CHF 81, approximately £40.00. The exciting bit for me... Read more (cache)
If you live in the UK and want to try and stop the EU from taking total control over Britain, please sign this petition... you only have two days! http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/Abandon-Lisbon/ Read more (cache)
The idea of harnessing simple, even fun tasks to clean up data sets or perform what would be huge tasks isn’t new — see especially the Google image labeler project for a somewhat similar idea — but... Read more (cache)
I’ve often heard people complain about having problems when reporting things that need to fixed, moved or removed, for example. Here’s an easy way to do it without being on hold, getting cut off, being... Read more (cache)
The raw data from PlanningAlerts.com is now available for download. Currently deciding on the best way to license it. Read more (cache)
El boom inmobiliario que hace un par de años comenzó en Buenos Aires trajo cosas buenas y de las otras. Aumentó el trabajo y muchas zonas se revitalizaron. Por otro lado se han tirado abajo casas centenarias... Read more (cache)
In my case, since I do not identify with many aspects of my society, I can look upon it with some detachment and objectivity. My society is an object to me; it’s an object of my criticism. For example... Read more (cache)
U danima posle irskog glasa protiv Lisabonskog ugovora sve je očiglednije da niko ne pomišlja da to može zaustaviti EU elitu u namerama, kao što je ni francuski i holandski ustavni referendumi nisu... Read more (cache)
I’m sure this is an issue a lot of you feel strongly about. This email arrived to me, ultimately from Sheila Clarke:. Have you ever done or watched sword dancing? Did you know that this activity is about... Read more (cache)
become a liberty activist in New Hampshire by September 30, 2011 'I will become a liberty activist in New Hampshire by September 30, 2011 but only if 999 others will do the same.' -- Albert "Max" Abramson... Read more (cache)
the nonist. tags: blogsregularreads, blogs_quirky, blogs_art, blogs_books. FXcuisine.com >> Home. tags: cooking, fxcuisine, food, cuisine. HassleMe. tags: productivity, lifehacks, hassleme. Tell ... Read more (cache)
I came across some interesting websites… A new way to multiply - it’s bizarre to me, but it looks like it actually works. Who knows, maybe this method is easier for a lot of people? The Elegant Universe... Read more (cache)
Esteban is kind of awful about changing the cat box regularly. Luckily, our tabby Tilly is pretty forgiving. I, on the other hand, am pretty horrible about watering the plants or remembering to do the ... Read more (cache)
I have something rather pressing to discuss with Matt. The thing is, I need to do a bit of prep work before hand.....he was at his buddie's last night, but came home at 6:30 this morning. I was counting... Read more (cache)
"please, please, PLEASE sign this petition! the government are trying to pass a "violent crimes reduction bill" which will illegalise buying swords generally. unfortunately this also applies to dance swords... Read more (cache)
So, a silly post for today: Postcodeine. This is a British version of Ben Fry’s zipdecode, a “tool” for visualising the distribution of zipcodes in the United States. This is, as has been pointed... Read more (cache)
Estimates are that about 1 million Non-British EU Citizens live in London. Germans, French, Italians, Scandinavians, Poles and many more - all EU-nationalities live and work here. However, these Non-British... Read more (cache)
Last fall Jennifer Sly of YouthAssets (one of the N2Y2 Featured Projects) posted a pledge on PledgeBank: "I will host a NetSquared Net Tuesday in the Twin Cities, MN but only if 5 other local people will... Read more (cache)
Ohhhh, the sheer unending grinding, aching, draining, wearing, grinding pain of writing a thesis. Truly, my friends, of making many revisions there is no end, and much study is a weariness of the flesh... Read more (cache)
The Robin Cook Memorial Conference Saturday 14 June 2008 • Institute of Education, London. Agenda & seminars; Book your place online today and get £2 off (by debit/credit card and cheque); Download... Read more (cache)
Book early to guarantee your place. Compass Youth will be facilitating a session on "Going global in the fight against inequality". Given that the progressive left is out of breath in Europe and across... Read more (cache)
Come May, most of us tax paying citizens will be receiving a check in the mail. Now, regardless of whether you agree with capitalism, our government, or the Economic Stimulus package, the fact remains ... Read more (cache)
As you may have known, a massive 7.9-magnitude earthquake rocked central China’s Wenchuan County at around 14:00 5/12/08. The death toll was more than 19500 by 16: 00 May 15th Beijing time, and much ... Read more (cache)
Many thanks to the 383 people who signed my pledge to aid China's earthquake victims. While we didn't make my artificial and ambitious goal of 500 people by May 20th, I will give more money anyway, and... Read more (cache)
校園�£�有社團發起了「袋袋相傳」的環保活動，雖然我是覺得他們又後知後覺了，但有總比沒有强吧。於是聯系了環保協會的徐同學，他告訴我説剛好下午有一個題為「塑料袋將走向何方」的研討會。 午覺後赶快跑過去参加這個會議，果然：参加會議的人只有... Read more (cache)
http://www.pledgebank.com/cannabis-votes I WILL vote in the next General Election but I will NOT vote for any candidate that wants to keep cannabis illegal regardless of their political party or any other... Read more (cache)
David Fleming just sent me this, spread the word! Last Friday the people of Ireland voted to reject the Lisbon Treaty. But politicians across Europe are refusing to accept the result. They arrogantly insist... Read more (cache)
http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/Abandon-Lisbon/ Save us from the Eurocrats. while you still can. Read more (cache)
La mansión inglesa donde se descodificaron los mensajes nazis necesita entre dos y seis millones para sobrevivir. Tony Sale necesitó ocho fotografías en blanco y negro para reconstruir el primer ordenador... Read more (cache)
If you want your democratic say upon an issue you were promised a vote for: http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/Abandon-Lisbon/ ;-) Read more (cache)
The candidates are even comparing the size of their email lists Take a look at TheyWorkForYou.com. Now look at OpenAustralia.org. Look familiar? Indeed, look identical? This happened (as I understand it... Read more (cache)
Ante la falta de transparencia y sencillez en las relaciones de la administración con la ciudadanía esta última decide crear sus propios servicios. A semejanza de iniciativas como Fix my street en ... Read more (cache)
A work colleague was telling me last Thursday about his family's struggle to get hold of the details of a planning application for a new-build school on a field at the bottom of their garden. When they... Read more (cache)
In this day and age, surely it's inappropriate for employers to require men to wear ties at work in jobs where women don't have to wear ties. This is connected with the attitude "men are completely different... Read more (cache)
Northumbrian Water is starting to treat churches as businesses rather than charities and charging churches for the amount of area (ie roofs and car parks) that will collect rainwater and discharge it into... Read more (cache)
It’s like the NASA crater-labeling activity - but much more immediately useful for everyone. Plus prizes. I understand Tom Steinberg of TheyWorkForYou is coming to PdF next week - yet another reason ... Read more (cache)
Another great thing happening at TheyWorkForYou is crowd-sourced video-marking. It’s quite impressive - and so simple. The problem: lots of video of parliamentary sessions, hours and hours of it. Lots... Read more (cache)
Our friends at MySociety.org have a new crowdsourcing project that’s really neat. They have added video of debates in the House of Commons on their TheyWorkForYou.com Web site and are asking individuals... Read more (cache)