Travel

Selection of travel writing

Grand Union Canal Cycle Ride

Tags: Grand Union, Canal, Cycling, UK

Feb 7 2012 11:28 PM
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“You've got a mad boyfriend”, her work mates told her, but I'd decided to cycle the Grand Union Canal between my home in London and my parents home near Birmingham many years before while … more

Gonzo tweets

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Nobel economist Paul Krugman on Democracy Now http://t.co/OgeKp8GD
The Jamaicanisation of the eurozone | Mark Weisbrot - http://t.co/MugrGyas
US veterans protest Nato's occupation of Chicago - http://t.co/t95ozDID
Meet America’s deranged philosopher-queen - Ayn Rand - Johann Hari podcast http://t.co/YcGBNkrR
Moral decay? Family life's the best it's been for 1,000 years - http://t.co/tmFVhzsT

IETester a free WebBrowser javascript rendering and engine for old versions of IE

Tags: IE

Sep 16 2011 4:42 PM
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IETester is a free (both for personal and professional usage) WebBrowser that allows you to have the rendering and javascript engines of IE10 preview, IE9, IE8, IE7 IE 6 and IE5.5 on Windows 7, … more
Embedding fonts in HTML generator

Tags: fonts, HTML, CSS

Aug 15 2011 2:35 PM
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This is a useful code generator service by Font Squirrel. It allows you to upload any font and generates code that your can reference in your html styles to embed across browsers with graceful … more
Gingerbread thanks to Cyanogenmod

Tags: HTC desire, Gingerbread, Android, Cyanogenmod, mobile

Aug 14 2011 6:44 PM
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I successfully rooted my HTC Desire phone recently, I was a bit worried beforehand of bricking the device but decided to give it a go. And I'm so glad I did, its like having a new phone, faster, … more
Scaffolding – ASP.NET, NuGet, Entity Framework Code First and More

Tags: ASP, Scaffolding, NuGet, Entity Framework

Aug 4 2011 11:56 AM
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Steve Sanderson's excellent talk at Mix 2011 demonstrating the extensible power of MVC template automation through Scaffolding along with Entity Framework code first to generate both repository and … more

Favourite films

Tags: films

Aug 17 2011 11:08 AM
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Some of my favourite films to watch are:Breaking the waves by Lars von TrierOilman Jan is paralyzed in an accident. His wife, who prayed for his return, feels guilty; even more, when Jan urges her to … more
Journalistic independence

Tags: Journalism, Democracy Now, Znet, Media Lens

Aug 17 2011 11:01 AM
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I can recommend the following writers:

Noam Chomsky; John Pilger; Naomi Klein; Seamus Milne; Gregg Palast; George Monbiot; Mark Weisbrot and the late Howard Zinn to name those I gain most from … more
Hunter gatherer diet

Tags: Hunter gatherer, diet, dr briffa, evolution, carbohydrate

Aug 17 2011 10:31 AM
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Dr Briffa is a nutritional health journalist I've followed for a few years since he wrote for the Observer. It's evidence based nutrition advice. I recently read 2 of his books. I recommend the True … more