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Youths arrested ‘to get their DNA’ #1984
EDIT: Henry Porter, my favourite Guardian columnist, has written about this far more eloquently than I did. Read it here instead.
According to today’s Metro newspaper, tucked in on page 12, young people with no criminal past are being arrested so that their DNA can be taken ‘in case a rape or murder goes unsolved in [...]
Scary police advert #4: “Too Much Bling? Give us a ring!” [ #1984 ]
Edit: for the first three ads, click here.
I’ve just found out about another rather worrying advertising campaign from our British Police force which, continuing a recent trend encouraging the public to snoop on their neighbours and report their fears based on their slightest suspicions, asks: “Too much bling? Give us a ring”. (N.B. in other [...]
Throw a Party!
Police WTF adverts 1-3 [ #1984 #scary]
Edit: There’s a fourth advert too, which I’ve blogged separately. Take a look.
Note: I’m far too late for this to be considered breaking news, as I first saw these adverts a month or so ago in Newcastle Upon Tyne (although they’re apparently they’re being displayed all over the country) but they’re still playing so strongly [...]
LettuceRemind.com is launched!
I’ve delayed posting this to my blog for some reason, I think I felt like I wanted it to be a bit more tested, which it now is. Here’s the launch email I sent out today:
Hey!
I’m chuffed to tell you that LettuceRemind.com was launched a few days ago to a great response, and is [...]
@id problem!
My Twitter handle is ‘id’. For this reason, I really wish people would stop calling @ replies “@id” on Twitter. Why? Because my twitter feed gets totally spammed by everyone using that shorthand for ‘’twitter id’!
It does occasionally open a window for me into some pretty random conversations, but even so, it lowers the [...]
Problems developing using Twitter OAuth
Here is the main problem I’ve found using Twitter’s OAuth service, which allow visitors to login to my site LettuceRemind (or any other compatible site) using their Twitter account, avoiding the sign-up process that is usually involved when you visit a site for the first time:
Waiting… waiting… waiting.. zzzz
Twitter’s servers are infamous for being unreliable. I [...]
Yonderboy
Just got back from seeing a storming Yonderboy set at the Joseph’s Well in Leeds. Wasn’t sure what to expect as I’d only heard one or two tracks before I got there but the band had a great accomplished sound and I was humming Frightened Rabbit all the way home. Great stuff.
Have a listen on [...]
Girl struggles with Ubuntu, drops out of college, has trouble even talking
Some people well-up with so much stupidity that they find it hard to talk, and all you can hear are grunts. Take this girl, for example:
with thanks to @NixiePixel for the video
Swine Flu in Newcastle Upon Tyne
Just received this email from my student registrar:
Subject: [student-announce] NEWSFLASH: Important information about Swine ‘flu
A message from Dr John Hogan, Registrar
Dear Student
This morning, the University has been notified that a case of swine
‘flu has been confirmed in the city in an individual who has recently
returned from Mexico.
This person is not a [...]
