Archive for October, 2008
Proud to be “a danger to the public”
Bendy-buses, like atheism, are a danger to the public at large
So says Stephen Green of pressure group Christian Voice on the BBC News Website. The man obviously has a queer sense of humour, because on his own website he also says:
People don’t like being preached at.
Indeed we don’t!
In fact, Stephen Green has caused me such mirth, I reckon that’s easily worth £25 (plus Gift Aid!) to the Atheist Bus Campaign.
Tags: atheism, humour, transport
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Oct 21st, 2008
Bye-bye Smile
After some protracted discussions with the folks at smile.co.uk, we seem to have hit stalemate. So I’m going elsewhere.
For anyone else who’s being cornered by Smile, do note that they will allow customers to opt-out of the scheme. But, for me, that’s not the point.
I’m minded to think that VBV, while far from perfect, is better than nothing. But you’ve got to get the implementation right!
Tags: security, smile, vbv, visa
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Oct 21st, 2008
Mapping with OpenStreetMap
OpenStreetMap is the kind of map that I like, being both free to use and freely editable.
I’ve been mapping Aslockton and Whatton over the past few weeks, and the results aren’t at all bad.
So if you need a map – especially if you need to re-print it, or do something else that Google or Ordnance Survey wouldn’t like – give OSM a try. And if your part of the world isn’t mapped, map it yourself!
Finally, I couldn’t write a post about OSM without linking to this comparison between Google Maps and OpenStreetMap. You just couldn’t make it up…
Tags: mapping, openstreetmap, osm
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Oct 8th, 2008