Premiership Football
Last night, on BBC iPlayer, I watched The Damned United. If you haven’t seen it, or don’t know what it is, please watch it. It’s the story of Brian Clough’s brief period in charge of Leeds United. It’s a fascinating story. Leeds United’s ground, Elland Road is within walking distance of where I’m sat typing [...]
MC5
This is from 1970. MC5 at Wayne State University in the USA. 40 years ago. And today, we have bands like the fucking Kaiser Chiefs and Keane. Good grief.
WordPress, The GPL and Me
I’ve woken up today (23rd Jul ’10) to find that Chris Pearson has made Thesis split licence. The PHP is GPL, the css, javascript and images aren’t. It’s a good thing. Details over at Mashable This post is a reaction to, or perhaps it’s better described as my thoughts on, the situation that exists regarding [...]
Drought threatens to close stretch of Britain’s longest canal
British Waterways may enforce shutdown on Leeds and Liverpool canal as water levels in reservoirs plummet
Camping for communists
Why camping – with its shared tasks and flattened hierarchies – is an exercise in practical communism