Author Archives: mjr

Hello Oslo, This is Emacs Calling

2010-06-01 by mjr

The Eurovision Song Contest has been and gone with a better-than-usual winner and much of the snarkiness was on microblog sites like identi.ca this year. Search for #ESC, #eurovision or incomprehensibly-to-me #eurovison (no second i – is it spelt like … Continue reading →

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TravelWatch SouthWest General Meeting

2010-05-11 by mjr

Weeks ago, I was at a TravelWatchSW meeting in Taunton for Cooperatives-SW. The Chair’s theme for the meeting was “the journey was going so well, but is there trouble ahead?” contemplating cuts due to the debt crisis and possible change … Continue reading →

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General Election 2010

2010-05-05 by mjr

You may have noticed that the UK votes in a General Election tomorrow. It looks like the closest for at least 18 years and maybe more. Happily, all the major parties are saying nice things about cooperatives, but I wonder … Continue reading →

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Day Against DRM, 4 May 2010

2010-05-04 by mjr

Today is the Day Against DRM, working against Digital Restrictions Management or Technological Protection Measures (TPM). I’ve two tips to help with our public disservice British Broadcasting Corporation which has consistently failed to act in the public interest and reject … Continue reading →

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Samsung N150 Netbook and Ubuntu Netbook Remix

2010-04-19 by mjr

That was a pretty good weekend. I set up someone’s new Samsung N150 netbook with Ubuntu Netbook Remix. If you like Windows, you might want to skip this long paragraph: the N150 came with Microsoft Windows 7 Starter. When I … Continue reading →

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Debian Project Leader Election Campaign Round-up

2010-04-15 by mjr

I’ve been AWOL for most of the debian project leader election campaigns this year, but I still want to vote, so I’ve been dredging the emails on the last day. Maybe someone still has to vote and reads this, or … Continue reading →

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Enemies of Digital Economy Workers: the TUC

2010-03-30 by mjr

The Trade Union Congress’s chief executive recently came out in the crazy position of sharing a platform with the British Phonographic Industry (and why are they still relevant? What is the market share of phonographs now?) and supporting the much-hated Digital Britain guilty-without-trial “three strikes” disconnect measures.
Yes, you read that … Continue reading →

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Co-ops at the North Somerset Initiative

2010-03-19 by mjr

On Wednesday, I went to a meeting of the Business Initiative for North Somerset for Cooperatives-SW (our regional cooperative cooperative). It was the first time anyone from the cooperative and mutual sector was present. Conference Bank of England The first … Continue reading →

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SPI March 2010

2010-03-10 by mjr

The meeting agenda is already posted for tonight’s (Wednesday’s) SPI board IRC meeting which will be at 2000 UTC. It’s another pretty lean meeting, with only some minutes to approve, so why not come along and let the board know … Continue reading →

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Paypal and Ethical Business

2010-03-03 by mjr

DoctorMO is calling Paypal the Pocketing Police after this “Paypal […] decided we were scammers and took our money” comment by Daniel Stone during the Xorg foundation election discussions. Our co-op has avoided Paypal for a number of years for … Continue reading →

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