Writings and Ramblings
These are sorted with the most recent first, and the type of geekery or general topic in brackets preceeding it so you can find articles that might interest you. Feel free to send me comments on anything you read, but be aware that the more interesting emails I get may be posted up here, unless you explicitly say otherwise.
[Society] A saga with o2
Do you remember how difficult it was for me to get my phone delivered in the first place? Trying to switch my phone number over proves even more difficult.
13th July 2005
[Politics] Big Brother: the Reality
A six-page article on the subtle rise of a big-brother society, covering the new ID cards and the worrying new powers given to the Home Secretary in the name of preventing terrorism.
4th July 2005
[Society] Crazy Frog? Definitely crazy...
That frog has now been top of the UK charts for four weeks. What on earth is wrong with our music industry?
20th June 2005
[Society] Trying to get a package from DHL: An exercise in futility
My three-week saga trying to get my new phone.
16th June 2005
[Society] Why I'm glad I'm not a parent
Who really is responsible for the raising of kids these days?
16th June 2005
[Society] Dumbing-down of language?
A rant inspired by Collins' introduction of 1500 new words into the dictionary.
9th June 2005
[Classics] 'Homer's portraits of women human and divine are both varied and psychologically sound'. Discuss.
This was an essay I wrote around November 2004, and found it a really interesting topic.
8th June 2005
[Computing] Meeting SSI and Apache2
Getting SSI to work is easy? Not if you're me, apparently.
7th June 2005