Simon Perry: Schemes, dreams & trivia

Dhiren Barot, UK-born man who was found with plans to attack targets in the UK and the US has been given a sentanced of at least 40 years in prison.
It’s been reported that the plans were very detailed, but nothing had been carried out. Edmond Lawson QC, prosecuting said uncontradicted evidence suggested “the conspiracy was […]

You know that there’s desperation in the Bush camp when speaking about the levels of violence in Iraq, they have to start blaming it on a desire to “break the will of the American people,” as Cheney just has. If you can’t win fair and square, resort of calling on the peoples patriotism.
Bush and […]

Christophe Gevrey has taken some great photo’s at the recent G8 protest, they’re not only interesting but really well composed.
[via BoingBoing]
(Originally written 5 June, 2003, now published)

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I’ve been troubled for sometime about the fact that airlines now recycle the air within the air planes, and they have done for about ten years. Prior to that, air was taken from the outside and it would pass through the plane, but this was stopped because it was more expensive than recycling.
It’s significantly […]

What I like about this is not necessarily the way he’s done it or the level of humour, but the ideal behind it. Have a watch or skip through and I’ll explain after …

Individuals are taking control of the media and mucking around with them.
Part of that might not necessarily be new - joke […]

If you can do this with a public consumer site, what do you think the people with the keys to the actual satellite can do?
This is what operators of that kit do for fun in their lunch break … but they see live, moving video of course.

YouTube - Snapped by a passing satellite

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Attracted by the name, how could this now be My New Fave Rave after reading this?
Why make new music when everyday the industry discharges a discontinuous flow of spoiled idols and reanimated heroes? Re-using fragments from this huge musical garbage dump, it is possible to create new meanings and suddenly catch a glimpse of our […]

The bod who did the film OutFoxed released his new film on DVD yesterday, Iraq For Sale, covering Halliburton. Have a look at the trailer (below), where they’ve taken the interesting approach of using a promotional video by the CEO of Halliburton and over-dubbed his voice. Clearly designed to provoke a legal attack with the […]

A great mock site that gets across the points around why Net Neutrality is so important.
CT&TCOM | We Own The Internet

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(I’m having a clear out of old posting that didn’t hit the screen, but that are still relevant. Originally written 25.Feb.05)
The UK Home Office researchers have released a report into the effectivness of Closed Circuit TV (CCTV) in detering crime within city centres.
Surprisingly for an increasingly-lunatic Home Office, the published results aren’t positive for CCTV.
Only […]