Tuesday, May 29, 2007

Politics


Anthony Bailey , a name uncannily similar to Anthony Blair, looks set to become the Geoffrey Archer of Nu-Labour. Why do we let such detestable creeps infest our government? Rush Limbaugh for President, Jade Goody for PM.

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Thursday, May 24, 2007

Commenting

I am a mouthy sort of chap, in a bloggy fashion, and I am inclined to post my comments all over the interwebnettube. It vexes me that comments are becoming so dependent on having 'logged on' to some particular provider that we can no longer just 'drop in' and make a point. Comments on our blog, Boofykatz, are open, and we will edit them after the event. The trivial fact that nobody can be arsed to say anything is neither here nor somewhere else. Why do my interwebbotubophytes have to hedge their comment sections so tightly that it would take me several hours just to join the appropriate service provider, establish my bona fides and remember my 27 passwords in order to say 'that is logically invalid'.?
The internet is being strangled from the inside. No government can quiet our voice, but service providers can build their hedges so high that most of us just cannot be bothered to jump through all the registration and identification hoops. My prediction? This is a co-ordinated attempt by entrenched cabals to dampen participative democracy, and it will succeed.. because they are greedy self-obsessed sociopaths and the rest of us are not.

Tuesday, May 01, 2007

Huddersfield Chess Congress


PG and I spend the weekend playing chess at the Huddersfield Chess Congress. It was an interesting and chastening experience. I won my first game and in a haze of optimism failed to win another. PG scored 2 from 5 in his accustomed combative style. Would we do it again? I think so. Soon? Errr.. Holmfirth Festival of Folk soon, isn't it?