Referrer SPAM
Anyone else getting a spate of referrer SPAM today? I’ve just had to clear masses of it out. I’ll probably switch off the referrer portal […]
Autumn Colour
Much as I dislike this time of the year; the interminable forced jollity of the countdown to Christmas, the fireworks going off incessantly for weeks […]
Expensive, Pointless and Dangerous
A C Grayling, writing in the Times, makes the case against the ID Cards Bill that is about to receive its third reading in the […]
A Picture Paints A Thousand Words
It’s an old adage, but true nonetheless. This picture has been doing the rounds of the Internet for some months and I have no idea […]
Allah and Plate Tectonics
It had to happen, I suppose. Following a natural disaster such as the one last week in Pakistan, someone comes up with the punishment from […]
The Temporary Worker
I’ve talked about temporary working before. It has been drawn to my attention again by reports of the trades unions likening temps’ working conditions to […]
Cheap Identity Cards?
There’s a row brewing between the treasury and the home office over plans to sneak in introduce cheap identity cards for the less well off. […]
More on the Rail Industry
A comment on the Hatfield entry set my thoughts in motion. Rather than go on at length on the comments section (although I did already), […]
So You Think ID Cards Are Safe?
One of the arguments raging about Identity Cards is the matter of security. The government would like us to believe that its proposed identity register […]
Hatfield Fines
So finally, after five years, Hatfield can be put to bed. Today the high court fined Network Rail £3.5m and Balfour Beatty £10m. These are […]