Monthly Archives: February 2008

Matter, by Iain M Banks (Books 2008, 1)

2008-02-25 – 21:24:22

So, the latest Banksie. Always a treat, of course, and especially so when it’s a novel of The Culture. This one, though, is slightly disappointing. It’s not actually bad — certainly not badly written (though he does overuse the phrases “appeared to be”, and “looked like”, when describing things; I was told off years ago [...]

By Martin McCallion | Posted in books, books 2008, lj | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments (2)

Eee! PC.

2008-02-25 – 13:33:36

My new Eee PC relaxes on the bed: A photo of one of my recent technological acquisitions, as taken by the other. It’s hard to take a photo of a new camera, unless you have another. And since this Canon Powershot G9 is the first digital camera I’ve had… Both of them are fabulous. The [...]

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Messing around with the blog

2008-02-22 – 12:58:30

I’m trying out a different theme on here for a while, along with a WordPress Plugin called QuickPost . Both the plugin and the theme are supposed to make WordPress be usable a bit like Tumblr. There are a number of flaws, though. The theme (Tumble-Hybrid by Tribe) is perhaps a bit too simple. I’m [...]

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Human rights and human gains

2008-02-15 – 23:38:29

It is a tragedy that a member of the public, when interviewed on the radio, should say, when the phrase “human rights” comes up, “Oh, bloody hell, human rights, suffin fussin wussin mumble grumble,” in a tone of disgust. The subject being discussed was the call to ban this “Mosquito” device, which is intended to [...]

By Martin McCallion | Posted in Britain today, lj, politics | Comments (3)