People vs. Peer
People vs. Peer “Ms. Ordinary” attempts to break the world record for charity fundraising (and to steal the glory from disgraced Peer Jeffrey Archer who is attempting to do the same)
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whitelist/blacklist
Some comments made on Drew’s blog interest me. Doing a search on Google, the term ‘whitelist’ seems to be used almost always in terms of products that do some kind of filtering – such as that for spam. The words ‘white’ and ‘black’ don’t immediately make me think of race, they make me think of … whitelist/blacklist
Iran Earthquake Appeal
The Red Cross have launched an appeal in order to send relief to victims of the earthquake in Iran. You can make a donation online in the UK or visit the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Page.
O Little Town …
Bethlehem Media Net strives to be the “voice of the voiceless” bringing the stories of the Palestinian people and their religious communities to the web. Via Sojourners.
Open University Results
Today I got the results of the Open University Courses that I studied this last year – AD317 (Religion Today, Tradition, Modernity and Change) and A297 (Reading Classical Latin). I’m very happy to have got good passes for both subjects. I had convinced myself I had failed the Latin exam and was even looking at … Open University Results
Packt Publishing
“And the MD of all of this has set up a new publishing house – registered less than two months after the bankruptcy of Wrox – in the same industry, in a building once occupied by Wrox … “ Bruce Lawson, a former editor at Glasshaus which was part of Wrox Press and the company … Packt Publishing
CSS and babies
“Every time you write an inappropriate selector, it makes the Baby Carolyn cry.” … congratulations on your new baby Eric, but with the amount of dodgy CSS out there, you’re going to be getting many sleepless nights 😉
Calling Ms. Test
I had a phonecall yesterday, “May I speak to Ms Test?” I replied that there wasn’t any Ms. Test here, and that this was edgeofmyseat.com…. and there was silence at the end of the line. When she explained where she was calling from, all was made clear, as this particular organisation have been sending me … Calling Ms. Test
quiet …
I’ve not posted for a while, mainly because I’ve been a bit poorly, poorly enough to not get much work done which isn’t like me at all, as I normally work through anything. So now I’m really busy, I was busy before and now it’s crazy! It’s ok though .. the end is in sight … quiet …
Learning to drive
I’ve started to learn to drive. Where I now live people always assume that you drive. I lived in London for 5 years and in London people don’t presume that you have a car, because lots of people don’t. However here, everyone drives their is no local public transport to speak of and everything is … Learning to drive