Archive for the 'politics' Category

#43: Train spotting

Monday, August 2nd, 2010

On the day that Andy was late because his daughter was in the shower after he got back from his run:

News for 12 Year Olds – it takes readers to correct them
Research detained at US border and questioned about wikileaks
Hak5 podcast
How is Nik Getting on with Flavors.me ?
Are you a Ninja, a Guru or a [...]

 
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#40: The surreal Sunday show

Sunday, June 20th, 2010

On the day that was Sunday and not a Monday we rant and rave about:

ACTA – Written Declaration 12 aka WD12, needs more signatures in European Parliament
Data.GOV Govt Data open for evaluation
Call for Open Data Developers the cabinet are looking for developers
Data Validity – Does data age, is there a cost in keeping it?
Andy proposes [...]

 
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#36: iPad optimised

Monday, April 26th, 2010

On the day that Andy was particularly knackered after his run, we present:

Nik has touched an iPad! (and he liked it)
Startup Whisperer asks: Is SEO Dead?
If it is , then how to Get back your book: Disabling Facebook Personalisation.
No More Floppies : Sony Killing its Diskette
How Digitally Engaged are the Parties ?

Recorded at Temptation, 56 [...]

 
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#35: No Downloads Permitted

Monday, April 12th, 2010

On the day that Nik and Andy has an argument about developers (very sad) we arguably present:

The Digital Economy Bill was approved by the Govt, see what the Open Rights Group Plan on doing next.
Twitter bought up Tweetie developers cry Fowl.
Apples new iPhone Operating System Os4 moves to kill Adobe Flash.
The cats out of the [...]

 
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#34: Better Late than Never

Monday, March 29th, 2010

On the day that Nik and Andy’s sick notes co-incided, we happily present:

The Digital Economy Bill is being rammed through
The Pogoplug  is it really a Dropbox alternative ?
HideMyAss simple Internet Proxies

Rantingly recorded at Cream Tea, New Road, Brighton BN1 1UF
UPDATE: Great place to start if you want to write a letter to your MP about [...]

 
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#33: The Ranting Quarter

Monday, March 8th, 2010

One the day that Andy and Nik were ranting even as they walked tot he cafe…..

Privacy whilst Browsing http://www.hidemyass.com/
EBuyer ( @EbuyerDotCom ) and their Social Media reach http://blog.ebuyer.com/
Twitter Phishing and Bit.ly Protection
Progress on Digital Economy Bill and The Open Rights Group

GO READ THIS : COADEC Which follows on well from our DEBill rant.
Rantingly [...]

 
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#31: The wrong breakfast show

Monday, February 1st, 2010

On the day that Andy bought the wrong breakfast for Nik, we present:

Blogger visited by police
Councils Warned about tweeting
The Apple iPad. Saviour of the Universe ?
Wikileaks temporarily shut down while it seeks funds
Starbucks puts flickr group on hold after confusion about in-store photography policy

Non-savory-breakfastly recorded at Wargames Heaven, 11 Imperial Arcade, Brighton, UK.

 
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#30: Late in The Lounge

Thursday, January 21st, 2010

On the day when Nik had almost recovered from his illness and Andy ate some Lemon Drizzle cake:

Spotify Banned at Oxord Uni.
Big Unions Support Digital Economy Bill
Punctuation Mark for Sarcasm
Amazon Kindle SDK released
Independent Steal Flickr Image

Deliciously recorded at The Lounge, 7 Middle Street, Horsham, West Sussex, UK.

 
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#27: Three Strikes Bill Madness

Monday, December 7th, 2009

On the day that Andy was so shattered after his morning run that he just let Nik rant on and on and on, we present:

Disconnection without trail
Take Action with the Open Rights Group
Lawyers intimidate ‘illegal’ file sharers
Send Mandleson your message
UK Pub fined for drinkers WiFi download
Video snippets of us recording Social Media White Noise episode [...]

 
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#8: Independent Poisening

Monday, March 16th, 2009

On the day that Jury Team went live, our coughing and spluttering interchange covered:

juryteam.org launches today
utterli.com – audio podcasts on the move
Status updates replacing email
Plaxo – address sync between Google contacts and email clients
Sync Google contacts with Thunderbird with Zindus
Nostalgy keeboard management for Thunderbird folders
tinyurl.com/camerondirect
Hashtag poisoning and the skittles homepage fiasco
Tweeterator written by Nik (not [...]

 
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