OK, one for Brits to get annoyed about.

The Telegraph has an article on it here.

Drivers will fall victim to reforms which will see people who are acquitted by the courts expected to foot the majority of their own defence costs. It is thought some innocent motorists will plead guilty to reduce their costs. There's a petition on the No.10 ( Read more... )

They've implemented DNS hijacking, so if you mistype something in a web browser, you get to a page of adverts instead of an 'unknown host' error message. To opt out of this, visit:

https://my.virginmedia.com/advancederrorsearch/settingsI've seen claims that there's porn in the results, but I can't comment because I opted out before examining the ( Read more... )

Inspired by the fact that the Perseids are around, I went out to look, and took the camera. Sadly I didn't capture any meteor trails, but it was interesting to see how the camera performs in near darkness. I set it to 30 second exposures (maximum it would do, at least without finding the manual). It's a Nikon D60 with the supplied lens and manual ( Read more... )

Ed Balls has responded to the concerns of home educators and even the BBC noticed he'd done it.

Of course, having read his letter, I feel that if his head isn't already up his arse then I would like to put it there.

All the jumping up and down and disturbing MPs seems to be having some effect. The Children, Schools and Families Committee are going to hold a short inquiry into the review. However, this might just be part of the Evil Plan where the obviously outrageous bits that were never expected to pass are ditched and the merely obnoxious bits that they ( Read more... )

Go to Google.co.uk, enter "Graham Badman". Note the interesting message at the bottom of the page ( Read more... )

Anyone want to sign one of the government petitions about home education?

It calls on them  to reject the Badman Review on home education, a deeply flawed document (the evidence to discredit it is mounting) and not the sort of thing that a competent government should be using to formulate policy.

Please write to your MP on the subject as well - " ( Read more... )

Ah well, our turn today. Queso was out all night (as were all the cats), and this morning when he appeared he was limping badly. One trip to the local vet later, and I had the option of treating him for a sprain and taking him in for x-ray on Monday if the problem was still there, or just taking him in today. So he went today, no point in delaying ( Read more... )

Warning - this is not politically correct ( Read more... )

Cake brought home a dead mouse last night. At the time I thought it was cute. However, this morning there was a dead blackbird in the hallway, and I've just seen another one by the side gate outside. I've told him that rodents are fine, but that he should lay off the birds.


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