Executive summary
All you need to know about today’s big UK technology news, courtesy of one sentence from the press release: “Further details about pricing and rate plans will be announced at a later date.” You are...
View ArticleRandom broadband facts:
I’m researching an article on the history of broadband. A few interesting things I’ve come across: In 2000 a 512Mbps Blueyonder connection cost £50/month In 2001 broadband accounted for less than 1% of...
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5cm per second – UK DVD out March 2011
Some time ago I wrote a review of the rather wonderful 5 Centimeters Per Second, noting that at the time it was nigh on impossible to get hold of a copy in the UK. I ended up importing one from Hong...
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Exposed: the Coalition Government’s secret policy planner
Apropos this latest round of ill conceived nonsense, I found this in my notebook where I scribbled it over lunch on the floor outside Number 10, or something. Enjoy.
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On Republicanism, and kicking puppies
This Sunday I attended the Jubilee Protest, organised by the Republic campaign for a democratic alternative to the monarchy in the UK. And so this week I have had, on a couple of occasions, been asked...
View ArticleRelationship of applicant to intended passport holder – what if it’s me?
The new online service for renewing a UK passport is pretty simple – until you get to the form above. If you’re filling in the form for yourself, there’s no guidance on what to do with the...
View ArticleTax Free Childcare – How the 3 month allowance reset works
This is a post to file under “things I couldn’t find online so decided I should share”: if you’re enrolled in the UK’s Tax Free Childcare programme then you have (at time of writing) a maximum claim...
View ArticleRelationship of applicant to intended passport holder – what if it’s me?
The new online service for renewing a UK passport is pretty simple – until you get to the form above. If you’re filling in the form for yourself, there’s no guidance on what to do with the...
View ArticleTax Free Childcare – How the 3 month allowance reset works
This is a post to file under “things I couldn’t find online so decided I should share”: if you’re enrolled in the UK’s Tax Free Childcare programme then you have (at time of writing) a maximum claim...
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