Stuff

I haven't been playing here for a while. I have been on holiday in the west country - Somerset and Bristol. And then working, this week.

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Yesterday morning, I lay in bed early in the morning listening to the radio. I was more than half asleep. The early morning business bulletin introduced (as I heard it) "an analyst from Intel." He then started talking about cheese. I thought this was so bizarre that I thought I must have been dreaming.

It was only when I heard the later business bulletin (basically a repeat of the earlier one) that I realised I had got it wrong. It was an analyst from Mintel, a market research company. I still found it very bizarre that he was talking about cheese, though.

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Looking at the listings in today's Grauniad, I was interested to see that ITV2 was showing the movie "Groundhog Day" today (though not really, since I don't have Freeview). When I saw they were showing it tomorrow, too, I had a real feeling of deja vu.

Stuff

I haven't been playing here for a while. I have been on holiday in the west country - Somerset and Bristol. And then working, this week.

* * *

Yesterday morning, I lay in bed early in the morning listening to the radio. I was more than half asleep. The early morning business bulletin introduced (as I heard it) "an analyst from Intel." He then started talking about cheese. I thought this was so bizarre that I thought I must have been dreaming.

It was only when I heard the later business bulletin (basically a repeat of the earlier one) that I realised I had got it wrong. It was an analyst from Mintel, a market research company. I still found it very bizarre that he was talking about cheese, though.

* * *

Looking at the listings in today's Grauniad, I was interested to see that ITV2 was showing the movie "Groundhog Day" today (though not really, since I don't have Freeview). When I saw they were showing it tomorrow, too, I had a real feeling of deja vu.

Freedom of Speech on the Web. And in the Emirates Stadium.

matgb has posted about Tim Ireland's web host taking down his site, and other sites he hosts (apparently including Boris Johnson's - ha!). OK, I don't read Tim Ireland's blog. (Perhaps I should, but.) I have, however, followed the link to Chicken Yoghurt's post about it, and from there I went to Freedom and Whisky (because this is my favourite Scottish libertarian blog. Actually, the only one I have come across, but), and of course from there I went to Iain Dale's Diary (no, I'd never been there before. So I'm learning, too).

Anyhow, if you can't be bothered to follow the trail, it appears that Tim Ireland's blog has been taken down by its hosting service because he was somewhat critical of Alisher Usmanov, the billionaire who is currently trying to buy Arsenal. (The Arsenal defence seems to be quite successfully keeping him out. For now.)

Usmanov wasn't pleased, and got his lawyers to get the hosting company to close down Ireland's blog, and all the sites he was hosting. The thing is, this just seems wrong. I'm not a lawyer, and I haven't read the original post, but it seems like unpleasant bullying tactics.

So I thought I'd help spread the word.

Freedom of Speech on the Web. And in the Emirates Stadium.

matgb has posted about Tim Ireland's web host taking down his site, and other sites he hosts (apparently including Boris Johnson's - ha!). OK, I don't read Tim Ireland's blog. (Perhaps I should, but.) I have, however, followed the link to Chicken Yoghurt's post about it, and from there I went to Freedom and Whisky (because this is my favourite Scottish libertarian blog. Actually, the only one I have come across, but), and of course from there I went to Iain Dale's Diary (no, I'd never been there before. So I'm learning, too).

Anyhow, if you can't be bothered to follow the trail, it appears that Tim Ireland's blog has been taken down by its hosting service because he was somewhat critical of Alisher Usmanov, the billionaire who is currently trying to buy Arsenal. (The Arsenal defence seems to be quite successfully keeping him out. For now.)

Usmanov wasn't pleased, and got his lawyers to get the hosting company to close down Ireland's blog, and all the sites he was hosting. The thing is, this just seems wrong. I'm not a lawyer, and I haven't read the original post, but it seems like unpleasant bullying tactics.

So I thought I'd help spread the word.