InterregnumHad you walked into Tim Berners-Lee’s office, and asked “can I use the web as a shopfront?” he might have looked at you in bemusement, but…Jan 13, 2022Jan 13, 2022
Nuts in MayI mentioned in a tweet that I thought the London Mayoral candidate ‘Count Binface’ represented the most mature face of this race…Apr 20, 2021Apr 20, 2021
RetroIt is the role of the news media to grab our attention and tell us about things that are going on. Stories of fear and wonder do seem to…Nov 5, 2018Nov 5, 2018
Brexit: An opportunity missedWe know why we vote for a parliament more regularly than every 50 years, or every generation; MPs leave, retire or die, and issues would…Oct 20, 2018Oct 20, 2018
Brexit: an apologyThis Saturday, there will be another march in London to support the Peoples Vote, which just means a second referendum. Whether I will be…Oct 18, 2018Oct 18, 2018
CowPlenty of people here have been wondering (both publicly and probably silently) why there has been very little planning in case the UK…Jul 24, 2018Jul 24, 2018
The Locked RoomIt happens that the UK uses a representational democracy. This just means I vote for an MP, and the MP ‘represents’ my interests. While an…Mar 1, 2018Mar 1, 2018
As they say, ‘so much this’.Every now and again an engineer will want to make something. To get to grips with a problem by building a solution, putting his or her head…Feb 5, 2018Feb 5, 2018
YoungThere is the classic science fiction plot involving time travel, and what would happen if professor XYZ doesn’t get to the conference on…Jan 9, 2018Jan 9, 2018
BalanceCensorship is only possible when I have a chance to stop you expressing yourself. This is why the first thing a revolution or coup did was…Nov 6, 2017Nov 6, 2017
