Simon Perry: Schemes, dreams & trivia

Congrats to Dave, Nick and blogless-Angus on the sale of Moreover.
I’ve known about the possibility of it for quite a while, but have been keeping schtum as was requested - pretty hard when you run a publication and you see others covering it.
Verisign is seriously stepping up its game and appears to be attempting […]

There was a debate between George Galloway and Christopher Hitchens last night in New York, which it would have been interesting to go to.
There was some brief coverage on BBC Radio 4 this morning, which further peaked my interest - a good, old fashioned political debate, they called it.
Thanks to technology, you can live […]

This is deeply great. As far as controversial advertising goes, it makes FCUK look flaccid.
[via Octopus Drop Kick (also very good)]

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Brown’s move for power?
I just listened to the speeches at Robin Cooks funeral - the obvious headline is John McCririck’s “Where’s Tony Blair?”, but the more interesting comments were from Gordon Brown (Chancellor of the Exchequer. A Very well delivered, rousing speech, that I thought had some sharp barbs.
“A man of integrity”; “didn’t shrink from […]

Shocking scenes in London today with the four explosions. Many killed and around 1,000 injured with millions of people being affected, including myself.
The finger of blame was initially pointed at International Terrorism, later Al-Qaeda. No shock there really, we’ve been groomed that they are a threat.
The next ‘news’ presented was a website, announcing its […]

It’s OK to say you don’t understand the ringtones business.
I know there are people who initially claim they do, but not one of the many people that I’ve spoken to about the ringtones business can explain its workings to me. I’m not talking about how the downloads work, but why it’s so big.
Anyone in […]

Anyone interested in publishing information in the UK should be interested in the Legal Deposit Libraries Act 2003. It should be coming into effect between 2005 and 2006.

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A long session of clicking lead me to this annimation. It’s total genius.
It’s very well executed with pace change and twists. Where does its genius lie? In the combination of quality, amusing work and a serious message.
You have to see Pizza Call by Sedapa.
After you watch it - Consider the resonance with ID cards […]

I love stories like this. Dr Cliff Arnall, a Cardiff University psychologist, worked out a formula to identify the date on which a resolution is most likely to be successful - 18th May.
Off you go then.

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Listening on the TiVo to The News Quiz on BBC Radio 4 and they had a cutting from the Elliot hospital Web site.
If any one has any LEGO that is unwanted consder donating it to help build a school in Gambia.
Take your pick of which hospital Elliot hospital might be.

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