Postcodes freed in 2010, OS to follow..?

This story appeared in the BBC a few days ago, but so far I haven’t had a chance to comment. Basically, the government is going to make the Royal Mail postcode database available for free to those who want it, with the Ordinance survey database to follow. This is a surprising glimmer of light in […]

Marcus Povey

This story appeared in the BBC a few days ago, but so far I haven’t had a chance to comment. Basically, the government is going to make the Royal Mail postcode database available for free to those who want it, with the Ordinance survey database to follow. This is a surprising glimmer of light in […]

Fake police at Canary Wharf

A few days ago my father – a passionate amateur photographer – fell foul of Canary Wharf’s pretend police. His crime? Taking a photo of a shadow of a tree on a building. Initially it was two fake police which challenged him, demanding that he show them what photos he took on his camera. This […]

Marcus Povey

A few days ago my father – a passionate amateur photographer – fell foul of Canary Wharf’s pretend police. His crime? Taking a photo of a shadow of a tree on a building. Initially it was two fake police which challenged him, demanding that he show them what photos he took on his camera. This […]

#Trafigura, an almighty #carterruck-up

“The Net interprets censorship as damage and routes around it.” – John Gilmore, Time Magazine 6th December 1993 This quote – made almost 16 years ago – sums up in a nutshell why I love the internet sometimes. As is obvious from the ongoing events this morning that the law firm Carter-Ruck didn’t really understand […]

Marcus Povey

“The Net interprets censorship as damage and routes around it.” – John Gilmore, Time Magazine 6th December 1993 This quote – made almost 16 years ago – sums up in a nutshell why I love the internet sometimes. As is obvious from the ongoing events this morning that the law firm Carter-Ruck didn’t really understand […]