19Dec/110
Hitchens round-up
I thought it might be worth rounding up Hitchens interviews in light of his recent death. Always a fascinating man to listen to, I watched his Newsnight interview last night with some interest.
Each video notes whether it's part of a series.
Newsnight - Paxman Meets Hitchens: A Newsnight Special
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Also available via iplayer in the UK only BBC Newsnight.
More after the break.
24Aug/111
The merit of hard listening
After several months of contending, me and Radiohead's album 'The King of Limbs' have come to an agreement.
Hours of listening have slowly grown my love for a a piece of music I dismissed at first as overly percussive; As only a great work can do, this album has challenged me to accept it, rather than welcome me with wide open arms.
I'm glad to hear the band return to their experimental mode. We all knew they could do great rock, but if there's anything Radiohead should be valued for it's their desire to evolve, experiment and create wonderful new soundscapes that capture your breath, heart and head.
17Aug/110
2011
Under the spreading chestnut tree
I sold you and you sold me
There lie they, and here lie we
Under the spreading chestnut tree
17Aug/110
WordPress on the move
I've just downloaded the wordpress for android, and after promptly loosing my first post by coming out of the app this is my second go.
Also, today two young men were both given 4 years each for inciting a riot which never happened using facebook. I thought the whole point of law and due process is that it doesn't pay attention to populist opinion, dealing only in criminal acts and appropriate sentencing; Nothing about this is appropriate or fair, as yes, even people convicted of criminal offences still retain their rights, and need I point out again, these two young men didn't even manage to do anything.
As ever, a picture of a telegraph pole.
14Aug/110
Year Zero, Broken PCs and Dutty Dubstep
We live in tumultuous times friends. Many evils assault our eyes and ears, not least the heinous lyrics of Hip and Hop, Gangsta Rap, or so an old racist Tory historian David Starkey would have us believe. As I sat watching the interview unfold I wasn't sure if I was more amazed at what Starkey had to say for himself, or how the rest of the studio kept their cool. Both other guests, Dreda Say Mitchell and Owen Jones.
What scares me the most is that in the current volatile atmosphere words like his will find ears ready to listen. One of his classiest remarks: "Listen to David Lammy, an archetypal successful black man. If you turn the screen off so that you are listening to him on radio you would think he was white." This is appalling on so many levels that it boggles the mind.
In other disinteresting news. My PC has decided to take a small tumble off the cliff of good health into the sea of unworkingness, and is now stuck in the lagoon of OHFUCKIT! Seeing as I have zero funds, I'm currently using an extremely old, slow and clunky laptop. This is not ideal.
The world might be coming down round our ears, but there's always time for a glitchy dubstep mix. Check it.
14Aug/110
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-08-14
- @latentexistence Looting follows unfortunately. It's a sign of people having given up on law and order, becaus… (cont) http://deck.ly/~v8tKJ in reply to latentexistence #
- @thelittleidiot but spend it on defence and no one seems to mind in reply to thelittleidiot #
- Panic on the streets of london, turmoil on the global stock market, oh, and agricultural theft is up... #
- @BBCr4today looting, violence, arson can never be justified, but, they are a sign of a generation which has given up on aspirations. in reply to BBCr4today #
- Dow jones drops 200 points in first 2 minutes of trading... (gets hard hat, hunkers down) #
- Shit's going down in hackney, stay safe london peeps #
- I hear David Cameron has started looting in Tuscany #
- @MrGreenGus I think we've all decided it's Blackberries and BBMs fault now! in reply to MrGreenGus #
- @MrGreenGus it's them I hates the most! Along with whatever else is on the goggle box and murdoch press in reply to MrGreenGus #
- argh! WTF did #mozilla do to #thunderbird on #windows7 #
- @spotify this is incredibly frutrating! All of this album was available last time I checked, but now: http://bit.ly/qKqSpF any idea why? #
- oh shit: Police officer in riot gear being treated on ground [...] No visible injuries but her ankles were trussed together #
- good coverage of riots on guardian live blog: http://bit.ly/oBrG3V best coverage to be had from fellow tweeters, thanks #
- yay! red ken on #newsnight #
- I bet #RIM are loving all the free press for their #Blackberry #rollyourownriot #
- #bristol #stokescroft until people actually show proof please stop spreading #rumours #
- RT @charloustone: #bristol #stokescroft - please stop posting rumours UNLESS you can see or have a photo. It's getting kinda stupid. #
- All quiet in st pauls, old man doing his best to break the speed limit in his mobility buggy... #
- Disappointed violence has spread to #bristol not surprised. Totally wrong, but worth thinking about root causes. #poverty #education #jobs #
- So, #cameron the white knight appears. What's he gonna do, #hugahoodie Perhaps he'll do something useful like reopen youth centers and ema #
- @BBCr4today sick of hearing "pure criminality", there are real social reasons behind this, even though people are behaving appallingly in reply to BBCr4today #
- I would not want to be a copper right now. The #met has had all leave canceled, cops with no riot exp are gonna be stuck on the street #
- I feel like it might be time to watch La Haine again #
- Beautiful evening, quiet. #bristol be better tonight. You can do it! #
- @oliconner rofl, is it wrong that I recognise you from off twitter! in reply to oliconner #
- West Bromich, it's going down #
- BLACKBERRY'S ARE ENCRYPTED AND WILL EAT YOUR CHILD AND STEAL YOUR FREEDOM #
- Photo taken on bus as I passed shop, vandalism on glos road #bristol http://twitpic.com/63shot #
- People seem really confused by the difference between why something happened, and justifying it... This was mindful yobbery, not mindless #
- @bwinton wow, thanks for the reply. Yeah it was a bit semi opaque! Look forward to the update in reply to bwinton #
- Nice. bitch and moan on twitter about thunderbird UI on windows 7, get a reply from a dev. Very proactive! #
- vandalism on glos road this morning #bristol http://twitpic.com/63shot #
- @DenisMacShane they are violent thugs, but its not enough to say that, how did society create these amoral lit… (cont) http://deck.ly/~feX2W in reply to DenisMacShane #
- @jeb_ I can has pure well water for special recipes? in reply to jeb_ #
- @MrGreenGus check the laws on provisions for riot damages. insurance can claim it back off police, and therefore us... in reply to MrGreenGus #
- @MrGreenGus they've been looting us for years, but as it's 'all part of the plan', people have accepted it. This soma tastes delicious in reply to MrGreenGus #
- Shame on any politician trying to align themselves with the riot clean up movement, this is anarchism at it's best, not politics #
- @bristolukuncut in a sense, anarchy is technically a kind of political theory. in practice, outers purple self organising to help each other in reply to bristolukuncut #
- @bristolukuncut argh, spelling. In practice, it's people self organising to help each other in reply to bristolukuncut #
- @bristolukuncut I don't like seeing a great movement hijacked by politicians like boris for grand standing in reply to bristolukuncut #
- Um no it's not new david, unhappy, sidelined, uneducated people rioting is as old as the hills #
- For the #kindle massif, you can now read your books on the amazon website using their cloud reader #
- http://t.co/sITG7XR #
- @MrGreenGus yeah i saw that on the bus going up glos road this morning, tweeted pic too. sucks
in reply to MrGreenGus # - @bristolriots vandalism on glos road this morning #bristol http://twitpic.com/63shot #
- Very moving speech from man who lost his son last night on news #
- Good news at one, actually talking to people on the ground, not politicians and pundits #
- @LouiseMensch just had a chance to listen to gove on news night, he actually sounded like am offensive pilloc… (cont) http://deck.ly/~ficPc #
- What I'd like to see, is comprehensive discussions with these kids and their parents. I know nothing about the… (cont) http://deck.ly/~j4odU #
- mitm attack on 4g at def con http://www.extremetech.com/computing/92370-4g-and-cdma-reportedly-hacked-at-def-con #
- @guriben I love the idea of there being a weakness in 4g from the get go. Hopefully there is a gnashing of teeth in a board room somewhere in reply to guriben #
- @skype on android is the boss, very impressed. Please can you make it work with external headphones if plugged in, I am partially deaf #
- @guriben what you doing your degree in? Gl in reply to guriben #
- @guriben bah. Totally mis read your previous tweet... Ah well, belated congrats on the degree! in reply to guriben #
- In the top rungs of this country we have bankers whose greed fuelled risk-taking with money that wasn't thei… (cont) http://deck.ly/~klDQ1 #
- @asmallorange are you currently experiencing slow downs on any of your servers? thanks #
- @asmallorange not a problem. I think I know what the problem is, I didn't know you were moving to new servers. I'll see itf it gets better in reply to asmallorange #
- @bbcnewsnight these riots are the end result of haves and have nots and consumerism culture #
- @fwong waaa, those are quality tunes man! You want to check out ireland's entry from one year, 'my lovely horse'. Top stuff! in reply to fwong #
- @willsmith apples got that pretty awesome apple care, see if you can get it swapped! in reply to willsmith #
- Anyone else been very disappointed with the level of journalism in this, specially from interviewers asking leading questions. #
- Will milliband get cameroon over a barrel on police cuts? #
- @latentexistence it's always worth listening to our enemies words and thoughts so we're not caught short by their actions in reply to latentexistence #
- "Criminality, pure and simple" #
- Culture of fear #
- Too few police, you'll regret those words #
- Robust #
- Cctv. Human rights won't get in the way #
- Robust. Uncompromising. Nothing is off the table. Water cannons. Baton runs. The army #
- The army is on the table #
- Change in law on face coverings #
- Curfew #
- Turn off social media #
- Mindless #
- Riots damage act extended to 42 days. Good actually #
- Dereg for businesses.expect things to be sneaked in through back door #
- But apparently not consumerism #
- Benefits.schools. #
- Broken society #
- BROKEN SOCIETY #
- More powers to evict #
- Ah yeah because america has it sorted .... #
- punish punish punish #
- Stronger morality #
- Ed is up #
- Ed' s nose job has not made him less nasal #
- Seek to explain it's not seek to excuse #
- First back bencher question... Outrageous :/ #
- What I'm expecting from this... Huge loss of basic human rights as the police/army state is ramped up with new laws #
- Good question #
- I'm sure cameroon would love to bring back borstals #
- I wonder if cameroon has read the open letter to him, can someone get a back bencher to read it out? #deardavid #
- Sounds like a riot in parliament, send in the army #
- Actually david, it's provably true #
- Go diane #
- Anyones blood boiling this lunchtime? #
- Ooooo cameroon... Bad move #
- 1984 #
- Woo, #bbcqt tonight #
- @BristolRiots pretty sure bristol police tweeted earlier that it was routine stuff and non riot related. in reply to BristolRiots #
- Wow, those boards on #tesco #stokescroft make a lovely blank canvas http://twitpic.com/64qq1p #justsayin #bristol #
- The riots in #stokescroft and today have links. We wanted to protect our community from consumerist culture, the other was a result of it #
- @BBCr4today this is the end result and moral vacuum left by consumerism, we need to give kids a better future than greed fueled emptiness in reply to BBCr4today #
- @ed_milliband is the boss http://t.co/SJq7UIe #
- @spotify any chance of you creating an #html5 client to use spotify through #spotify com? Would be an amazing feature #
- "If the young are not initiated into the village, they will burn it down just to feel its warmth" [african proverb] #
- @LouiseMensch you tories take entirely too much pleasure in punishing people, it's as sickening as any damage done by the rioters in reply to LouiseMensch #
- @LouiseMensch and compassion. If our society can't show that, for everyone, then it's time to lock the door and turn the light off in reply to LouiseMensch #
- @LouiseMensch oh and as david cameron once said, "everyone deserves a second chance"
in reply to LouiseMensch # - @reverendanthony do you punch wood?! in reply to reverendanthony #
- http://t.co/8x7QPyK #
- @latentexistence I actually now think it might be an appropriate time to riot. So angry in reply to latentexistence #
- Hmm. The whole Glee cast just got on the bus... #kidsdressweirdthesedays #
- So apparently vodaphone has been down because someone set the mast on fire! #
- Someone has beautifully decorated their house in #montpelier #bristol http://t.co/Lxzw5yg #
- @guriben well I'll be! Had no problem with Orange thankfully. in reply to guriben #
- hmmm, didn't realise there were balloons floating over my flat *puts on clothes* #
- @guriben aah I hadn't even noticed #captainobservant in reply to guriben #
- nice. A racist old white historian on @BBCNewsnight just equated black culture with criminality and white culture with success... #
- @reverendanthony shock doctrine, american gods, perdido street station, infinite jest, the pale king, neuromancer, cryptonomicon, snowcrash in reply to reverendanthony #
- @notch well, you posted 14 mins ago, but good luck siffre, have a wonderful day, enjoy yourself! in reply to notch #
- Well, my pc is in death throws and I'm far too poor to fix it... Not good. #
- @OwenJones84 mate, you were positively angelic next to him. he was repulsive and deeply offensive #
- @OwenJones84 I'm more concerned that starkeys comments end up being permissable within the current volatile atmosphere tbh in reply to OwenJones84 #
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7Aug/110
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-08-07
- @LouiseMensch does part of that fiscal responsibility mean making public sector workers fear for their jobs? Is that just gravy for tories? in reply to LouiseMensch #
- @io9 that looks absolutely nothing like Bane. I am disappoint! in reply to io9 #
- Woo, not hit 9 and someone's already made a snide remark about how they're having too pay for single mothers benefits. Fuck. #
- @Totalbiscuit I hope you have fun covering the diablo 3 auction house, looking forward to it. Mailbox? #
- Hsbc to cut 30,000 jobs.... You read right. Oh, and they've announced pre tax profit of £7bn.... #fuckhsbc #
- @reverendanthony hey. listen to clint mansell, he's going to make the next mass effect sound track and makes kick ass movie music too #
- NYT: The Rise of the Macro-National http://mobile.nytimes.com/art/822992/28;.w6?sub=Sunday #
- @bristolbites spoke to friend yesterday who had bad experience at runcible spoon, extremely long wait for food… (cont) http://deck.ly/~A5bwA #
- @BristolBites could have been a bad night. I'm gonna go and see what its like too. in reply to BristolBites #
- @bristol247 as a friend of lukes I can tell you this is one guy dedicated to great ale and beer, expect great things #bagofnails #bristol in reply to bristol247 #
- http://tedxbristol.com/feature/inside-out-project
Shared via Dolphin Browser #
- @bristol247 isn't guido fawkes the far right website that is heading the campaign to being back the death penalty, not a great source in reply to bristol247 #
- @bristol247 this article was a bit farther down, makes me very uncomfortable, to me, that counts as far right… (cont) http://deck.ly/~kbZXU in reply to bristol247 #
- @bristol247 I guess my own personal politics strongly effect my comfortableness with seeing someone like that linked to! I'm very biassed in reply to bristol247 #
- Stack of books for grabs on bin next to herberts. No idea who left them Please rt http://twitpic.com/5zwxhw #
- wow, #obama #039;s speech was extremely short, he must be pissed #
- My morning eyes see: http://twitpic.com/6076s9 #
- Just saw a guy walk past my bus stop, one bag pocket with a 2 litre bottle of water, the other 2 litres of orange juice. Well hydrated! #
- #tesco #039;s private army doing the rounds http://twitpic.com/607fo0 where's my blinking bus #stokescroft #
- @DenisMacShane don't tell me you aren't a tiny bit titillated in reply to DenisMacShane #
- @GeorgeMonbiot we're all doomed George! http://t.co/bReOpcZ #
- Gold hit a new high this morning... Bad times #
- @notch fields with crops, farmers that agro if you steal their crops. Cobblestone roads. Maybe a big welcom… (cont) http://deck.ly/~3HBZS #
- @pearcafe my mum used witch hazel for stretch marks when pregnant. Its good for scarring too in reply to pearcafe #
- @bebroadband in the future do you plan to offer your customers better routers than the ones you ship? Mine los… (cont) http://deck.ly/~IiFQ9 #
- @beusergroup I think it's the 585, I have to use a third party app recommended by be user group to forward por… (cont) http://deck.ly/~4lDdI in reply to beusergroup #
- @beusergroup I will give this a go. Thanks. in reply to beusergroup #
- @BBCRadio4 does You and Yours have a twitter acc I can send comments to while the programme is on? in reply to BBCRadio4 #
- @guriben WHAT IS IT?!? That's like the red button equivalent in parcel terms! in reply to guriben #
- @totalbiscuit great wtf for limbo #
- @guriben I thought that might be you at the bus stop, but you know, coming up to someone at a bus stop and say… (cont) http://deck.ly/~DlOqF in reply to guriben #
- @guriben sounds good. Lemme know when you're better. in reply to guriben #
- What the hell does "could care less" actually mean? Do people understand what they're saying? #
- @notch why can't it be objects? what is the end plan/need for town borders? in reply to notch #
- @LouiseMensch should it be regulated by ofcom? I can't see why not, but it's something media would resist in reply to LouiseMensch #
- @notch what about a subtle chime and pulsing colour around the edge of the screen, like being flagged for pvp when entering an area in a mmo #
- Morrissey as superhero: Smiths songs are transformed into comics http://t.co/Smidmah #
- @jeb_ @notch is there a reason that players couldn't demolish the walls they don't want? in reply to jeb_ #
- Is it actually possible to make superman interesting? He's so insipid and dull #
- The UK Government has launched a new e-petition website. Any petition gaining 100k votes will be debated in pa… (cont) http://deck.ly/~dQ90r #
- @LouiseMensch if the guardian did admit it in 06, then it's a bit of a nonstory. They've done more for the bri… (cont) http://deck.ly/~hALoG in reply to LouiseMensch #
- I think when the public have a government and corps with far more power than us, using illegal means to bring them to justice is reasonable #
- Just saw a house with a huge pv array. Not often I see that. We needs to get serious about our commitment to renewable energy #
- Will the #FTSE drop below 5000 today?! (gets hard hat. I'll be in the fallout shelter if you need me) #
- @pearcafe mmmm. catsup and mustard? in reply to pearcafe #
- @lessig they like to call it trickle down economics, I call it getting pissed on #
- I'm pretty sure you just walked past my work place with a huge ruck sack, headed towards aztec center? @guriben #
- @guriben hah thought so. Have a good one! in reply to guriben #
- @neilhimself just trying to fine american gods for kindle?! Is it not yet available in the uk? Any plans to publish it? Thanks #
- @guriben next weeks great. Can't really in aztec due to time constraints, but stokes croft is good. Lemme know sturm you're free in reply to guriben #
- @garywhitta is anyone actually excited about superman, the plain vanilla of super heroes? #
- @DRoseTimes hmmm, would read, but behind a paywall. Weak. in reply to DRoseTimes #
- @garywhitta that was a dumb question sorry :/ I'd be impressed if they made superman a more flawed character. Ps batman would kick his ass in reply to garywhitta #
- How bizarre to see an ad for conan the barbarian on the side of a bus. Bet they butchered it. #
- @ID_AA_Carmack batteries fascinate me. The weak spot in mobile tek, the person/company to revolutionise them took be my hero in reply to ID_AA_Carmack #
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31Jul/110
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-07-31
- this should cheer ya all up http://t.co/hFkpV6v #
- @guardian do you know how your newspaper was mentioned in his manifesto? in reply to guardian #
- Small mercies RT @BreakingNews Norwegian police revise death toll in Utoya youth camp massacre down to 68 from 86 - Reuters #
- I've decided I hate games where you spend the majority of the time collecting new team members before the final showdown #
- The EDF leader was just on newsnight. unsurprisingly, he was kind of a dick #
- The only thing that should determine whether a @google plus name is acceptable or not is whether it is offensive. #
- For anyone thinking about doing open university in the future, like other universities they are increasing the… (cont) http://deck.ly/~1ge5C #
- @jessfairbrother not a surprise, however for people who had say £700 to spend on a course, it might end up unreachable now in reply to jessfairbrother #
- @MrGreenGus i think that's a bad idea... in reply to MrGreenGus #
- @MrGreenGus ps check spelling ;P in reply to MrGreenGus #
- We have to go derper! #
- @thelittleidiot finally, someone came out and said it. I miss Ted too! in reply to thelittleidiot #
- 25 years of hip-hop: a lesson in style http://t.co/sHK1eiK #
- Quite a lot of rubbish in #standrews park, specially in kids area. Disappointing. #bristol #
- Why must UK have to choose between nuclear and renewable energy? Monbiot: Porrit's Reply: http://sgp.cm/a57725 http://sgp.cm/9c1c6b #
- http://sgp.cm/fe4c7b #
- excellent extension for chrome which integrates facebook and twitter into your g+ stream, allowing you to post to all 3 http://sgp.cm/d6f8cc #
- Fuck everything about games for windows live #
- AAAAHHHH!!!! I JUST WANT TO PLAY BATMAN YOU FUCKING PIECE OF CRAP DRMFLEABITTEN VOMIT ENDUCING PILE OF A WANK! NO I DON'T WANT TO RESTART. #
- whoever invented Windows Gaming Live should be sealed in a steel coffin and dropped into the Marianas trench, their name cursed forever... #
- Paul #
- Nothing wakes you up like the Imperial March, set to an amen break http://sgp.cm/c278a1 #
- It seems work in telepathic heights has begun #stokescroft http://twitpic.com/5wir70 #
- So, a nice flourish to the mass effect 2/3 story? When released from control the prothean commander pulses yo… (cont) http://deck.ly/~k8Ill #
- @GeorgeMonbiot I know you're on hol, but looking forward to reply to piece in guardian re what price of nuclear is, per kwh, seems like crux in reply to GeorgeMonbiot #
- I'm concerned my media consumption leads to a lot of confirmation bias, how do I temper that? #
- Extremely disappointed with simon jenkins piece in the @guardian comment section. Apparently breiviks aim was too vague to be terrorism... #
- @guardian @guardiannews where do I send tech ideas for your website, NYT skimmer is brilliant, please copy it! http://t.co/eMOC7jM #
- The ignorance, bigotry and racism of the people I work with is sometimes staggering. I feel nauseous, I want to throw up #
- @BTPCoffee is that for the #stokescroft store? does it have an open date yet!? I can't wait in reply to BTPCoffee #
- @mattbraga I guarantee that comic sans had been to the moon in reply to mattbraga #
- Just saw a doberman cross guide dog. Quite unusual! #
- hmm, let's see how hard it is to get #vim writing wordpress entries #
- blargh. maybe set up vim and wordpress tomorrow. not so easy while tired #
- Hello friends. Are you dyslexic? Perhaps this font might help you: http://sgp.cm/e5363b #
- http://sgp.cm/fb6a5f #
- Great idea: http://bit.ly/qw1JjN it's such a shame that they forgot that music is supposed to sound good, shitty encoding #
- In Pictures: Somalis flee to Ethiopia - In Pictures - Al Jazeera English http://t.co/528tlgT via @ajenglish #
- @sunny_hundal you had me worried for a moment there, then I read your poorly reasoned article and relaxed. bad journalism, disappointing. in reply to sunny_hundal #
- @sunny_hundal those 2 emphasized sentences? Considering something is different from actually doing it. Bell… (cont) http://deck.ly/~24ApT in reply to sunny_hundal #
- @sunny_hundal also, after a quick search I found this: http://bit.ly/a3i3PT and this: http://bit.ly/nuZ4N8 the… (cont) http://deck.ly/~YWbdj in reply to sunny_hundal #
- @arusbridger any thought about introducing something like http://www.nytimes.com/skimmer, a wonderful interface. also… (cont) http://deck.ly/~bxP85 #
- @GeorgeMonbiot small government, big business, invisible citizens. the tea party is remarkable in its own way, but desperately sad too in reply to GeorgeMonbiot #
- Is it any wonder that people have voted to discuss capital punishment, people are vicious, ignorant twats. I've given up on the uk #
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