Even if the weather’s cold, it’s lovely to be in Cornwall again. We began with a good lunch at the Renaissance cafe bar. We chose it for the view over the harbour (it’s in the Wharfside shopping centre in Penzance) but the food – mussels and a lamb and mint burger – were really fresh and well prepared.
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Star Wars in 30 seconds with bunnies.
Just what it says, here. Via MeFi.
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Politics Online Conference 2007
The Institute for Politics Democracy and the Internet ran a conference called Politics Online at the start of the month: its highlights are archived here.
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Civic republicanism and active citizenship
A great article by Bernard Crick in On Line Opinion (an Australian journal).
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Civic republicanism and active citizenship
A great article by Bernard Crick in On Line Opinion (an Australian journal).
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Flood Maps
A great Google Maps mashup allows you to define a sea level rise and see which bits of the world would be flooded as a result. Turns out that Brighton at least is comparatively OK, even with a rise of 14m, but some areas around Wish Road get it in the neck, even at the quite plausible 6m. Link via slacktivist.
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Sigh
Always next year, I suppose. Morecambe won 2-1 after some really dire play by us for most of the first half. The new Wembley is great, as is having been there so soon after it opened, but that doesn’t make it any better just now.
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Wembley!
This is the view right now from my seat at Wembley. Up the City!
Update: OK, that was meant to come with a photo. Thanks, TypePad mobile.
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How far people engage online
Some interesting stats here on what levels of participation/content creation different net users reach. (via Paul Evans).
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The Long Tail of Participation
Interesting blog post on the Guardian’s technology blog about how democracy can be supported online. Astonishing fact: UN resolutions can’t be searched by Google because they use session-specific URIs.