Back in the early days of ADSL access to the Internet in the UK, migrating always used to be a pain, and invariably the end user ended up being without their broadband service for a period of time whilst the migration occurred as you waited for the old provider to disconnect you from their service [...]

Today was the eighth annual(ish) gathering of four hundred of the Microsoft Development community for a day of free technical training. Once again it was spectacularly over subscribed – sold out faster than Glastonbury (all the places went within fifteen minutes) and with no Microsoft speakers had the usual mix of sessions, some of which [...]

It was with some interest that I came across O2 trumpeting their win in the ThinkBroadband awards yesterday. I should probably nail my colours to the mast before I start and say that despite knowing a number of people who are quite happy with O2 broadband, when I switched over before Christmas I lasted a [...]

Now maybe I could understand not being able to pull the printed version of the summer arts guide that was published yesterday. But I do think the Independent could have shown a little tact and diplomacy in rewriting the online version, which currently is highlighted on their front page right alongside a report about the [...]

Over the past year or so Garmin have finally started to provide software for the Mac. One of those new pieces of software, currently in beta is BaseCamp, a tool that works with various of the Garmin topographic mapping products giving a three-dimensional view of the mapping data, similar to the view that their latest [...]

As the Facebook management continues their ongoing march to make up for failing to buy Twitter by copying features from Twitter and FriendFeed, there seems to be a grim inevitability about the way each new change is greeted.
First off there is usually a cheery posting on their blog explaining how they’ve made it a whole [...]

Today I’m expecting a parcel from Amazon, sat in my office in Camberley… Looking at the tracking information, I doubt it is going to arrive since it’s apparently out for delivery on a van from their depot in Glasgow!

Just thought I’d share a picture of a couple of little “den warmingâ€? presents to celebrate having a working setup in our new den, and give a quick update as to why it’s been a bit quiet around here recently. With regards to the den, it’s a great little space to work in – cosy [...]

New kids on the block Cuil might poor scorn on their algorithms, but the way Google floats popular pages up the rankings can still tell you a lot. For example, say you were looking for Texas Attorney Mark Brewer, the fact that, at this point in time, there are six references to his dealings with Dave [...]

We now have a little bit of press coverage for the Dave Walker/SPCK story from outside the blogsphere – Private Eye has picked up on the story, plus the general ridiculousness around the bankruptcy.

Thanks to David Keen, Sam Norton and SPCK/SSG News Blog for highlighting the Private Eye story.

Things have progressed a little with the Dave Walker/SPCK story overnight with the publication of a great document by Matt Wardman. The document brings together copies of the original seventy-five posts from CartoonChurch, along with subsequent relevant posts and comment from other blogs, such that the document runs to a pretty epic 130 pages. However [...]

You might remember last year I participated in a project being run by Flickr, the site that hosts my pictures online, where they attempted to capture the flavour of a day around the world. On that particular day, 5th May, 2007, we were attending a wedding, and my picture of the bride and groom was [...]

Hat tip to David Keen for giving a name to the phenomenon of an attempt to silence or censor information backfires – much as Mark Brewer’s efforts to silence the SPCK story are currently – it is apparently known as the Streisand Effect.

I really don’t think this is the way he wanted it when he started collating stories of the demise of the SPCK book shops, but by capitulating to the heavy handed “remove everythingâ€? approach from Mark Brewer, Dave Walker has indirectly given the underlying cause massively more publicity than they ever had before. By succeeding [...]

Even though we’ve had a busy weekend (our Patronal Festival weekend), things have been moving along with the Dave Walker case. The list of key articles has grown, and we’ve had a great contribution from fellow cartoonist, ASBO Jesus.

The updated list of articles and postings is as follows:
Who’s Supporting Dave Walker?

St Aidan to Abbey Manor [...]

Overnight the support seems to have grown, with the Facebook group doubling in size.
There have also been a few more blog postings in support, which I have added to the links in my FriendFeed room on the subject.
Matt Wardman continues to maintain a list of blogs in support too, which I’ve reproduced below as [...]

I’m sure Mark Brewer thought it was a good idea, threaten a little cartoonists blog to get some troublesome posts removed… However, I really don’t think he considered the reaction, as nobody likes a bully, especially not when they are bullying a genuinely nice bloke like Dave Walker. Thanks to the wonders of the Google [...]

Periodically I come across stories where bloggers who have written, sometimes about seemingly minor subjects, have ended up on the receiving end of legal threats over their posts. Dave Walker, best known for his cartoons is the latest.
Yesterday a significant number of his posts were taken down, followed briefly by a post explaining why [...]

I was actually on iTunes trying to find if the Church of England were repeating their podcasting of the General Synod again – unfortunately not, they seem to have decided that making the proceedings available for download in a PC only format is better this year, hard luck for those of us using Mac’s!
Anyway, what [...]

Last week, blogging photographer Thomas Hawk wrote a great piece extolling the virtues of FriendFeed for discovering great pictures on Flickr.
I’m certainly with him in that respect for a couple of reasons. Firstly, unlike the contacts page on Flickr itself, FriendFeed has a nice expanding interface that allows you to see all the picture thumbnails [...]