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I used FaxYourGP to opt out of care.data.
Update below For a couple weeks, Radio 4's PM has been sharing dreadful worries over care.data, an NHS initiative to collate our medical records into a single database. Every caller I've heard has complained, and is scared about their data. My own reaction is...
Media Temple was great, but No to GoDaddy
Media Temple (mt) have looked after this site's hosting superbly. They handled problems (all of which were down to user error) promptly and with a bit of extra care. Under almost all circumstances, I support companies who work hard for their customers' loyalty. But,...
This is the shape the wood wants to be
Birch smells amazing while it's still green. It is easier than I thought, shaping half a log into a bowl. It is harder than I thought possible to finish a simple curve with a straight blade. Countless generations have carved necessary items out of wood. It was the...
When I just can’t, Just Type
This spring has been an interesting season. Often, I put words up on a screen to make my thoughts make sense. If I can organise the paragraphs into something resembling a coherent piece of writing, maybe my own plans and priorities can follow. I use a tumblr blog for...
All change
All change… For the past decade, my wife and I have been very busy, and constantly shifting. I emigrated, and started university. We were learning how to live together and be a couple, and survive Central London. We did a lot of moving. University ended, jobs started....
Kickstarting Home Espresso: ZPM Nocturn
Update ZPM's espresso machine Kickstarter project failed to produce the machine. What follows is the original interview, published back in March, 2013: ZPM's Gleb Polyakov and Igor Zamlinsky introduced me to Kickstarter through their Nocturn espresso machine. I'm...
Cycling: I cannot know your context
It is cold. I have just decided to carry on, trying to ignore the tightness in my chest, and the retching tickle at the back of my throat that says one thing: "Cough!" My ears are already tingling. "We are the Hellequin," I pick up the dialogue from a new audiobook....
Nodmag
Every aspect of society and economy that has been touched by the Web has been changed radically. Even the way we interact socially is very different to 15 years ago. ... These changes are being brought about by the Web’s ability to link documents together into a...
How do you begin a piece like this?
Does it start with: "It is time to move on..."? Should I begin biographically, and tell a story, ending with: "and now, I'm on to something new,"? When I met Talis towards the end of 2007, I knew very little about the web, but suffered from a problem of perspective...