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• Blogger's new user-hostile interface and other atrocities
  on Jan 2, 2013 in Google+ Blogger blogging WordPress
  I din't think I would post again on this blog at this site, since I moved it to here.The main reason for moving was the new user-hostile user interface and reduced graphics functionality.But now something else has cropped up. I still have a family hi...
• This blog has moved
  on Sep 20, 2012
  This blog has moved to http://ondermynende.wordpress.com/The foisting of the new user-hostile Blogger interface on users was the last straw. In addition, it seems that a lot of the old functionality has been lost. Wordpress was always better for...
• Overdone stuff on Facebook
  on Sep 19, 2012 in cartoons Facebook atheism propaganda pictures religion Hillary Clinton status
  On Facebook recently there seems to be a proliferation of pictures to illustrate sayings, slogans or cliches.It tends to be the opposite of the "Occupy" movement -- 99% are bad or meaningless, and a waste of bandwidth. The words themselves aren't wor...
• Dog with a problem
  on Sep 15, 2012 in dogs pets home
  Val was moving bricks from one side of our ruin to the other, but our dog Samwise kept making things difficult by trying to bite the wheelbarrow wheel.Then he dropped his ball into the wheelbarrow."There it is, throw it for me."Val ignored it and kep...
• Aftermath - book review
  on Sep 10, 2012 in police procedural books Aftermath Peter Robinson book reviews Inspector Banks
  Aftermath by Peter RobinsonMy rating: 3 of 5 starsThis book began pretty well, and I thought it was one of Peter Robinson's best. Perhaps that was because i had not read one for a long time, or had read too many Scandinavian whodunits in between. It...
• Postponing the inevitable
  on Sep 10, 2012 in blogging software Blogger
  I see the message about the new Blogger interface has been reduced from months to mere days. How dreadful!The old Blogger interface will be removed in the coming days. We've made many improvements to the new Blogger interface. Learn more You can upgr...
• Does Facebook's targeted advertising work?
  on Sep 6, 2012 in Facebook advertising profiles privacy
  We are told that Facebook uses our profile information to show us ads that are most likely to be interesting to us. How Facebook Ads Work - Social Ads Tool:You are what you LikeFacebook Ads are targeted according to your Facebook Profile information:...
• Is Bravenet going the way of Geocities?
  on Sep 5, 2012 in free web hosting Bravesites web entropy broken links Bravehost Bravenet expired sites
  Bravenet, a public web hosting site, appears to be set to follow Geocities into oblivion.Someone asked me for a reference to an academic article I had written and put on the web, but on trying to find it, found a message to say that the site had "exp...
• Diet, fasting and the environment
  on Sep 4, 2012 in nistisimo fasting bottled water fasting food ecology water grain-fed environment tap water
  I've read a number of blog posts recently about eating and drinking and the environment, and this one suggests that we should drink water to save water The Green Phone Booth: Drink Water!Well, I have to admit that in addition to drinking plain water,...
• Marriage Equality
  on Sep 1, 2012 in ménage à trois homosexual marriage polygamy marriage equality social and domestic partnerships polyandry statism marriage
  In Brazil a civil union between a male and two females had been described as "unprecedented". In Brazil perhaps, but not in the world. They need look no further than our esteemed president.Unprecedented civil union unites Brazilian trio - CNN.com:In...
• A puzzle for international financiers
  on Aug 30, 2012 in Australian boerewors sausage British
  The mind boggles...Let's face it, the Brits and Australians can't even pronounce "boerewors", so what makes British boerewors uniquely Australian?Or is that something that only international financiers can tell you?It reminds me of something that hap...
• The facility: book review
  on Aug 29, 2012 in Britain dystopian novels detention without trial human rights The Facility books Simon Lelic book reviews
  The Facility by Simon LelicMy rating: 4 of 5 stars"Kafka meets Orwell in contemporary England" says the blurb on the cover.Well, not quite, but one can see how they arrive at the comparison. Simon Lelic simply extrapolates some trends in British soci...
• Is Putin's "secret weapon" going to blow up in his face?
  on Aug 24, 2012 in journalism USA Greek Orthodoxy media Russia Russian Orthodox Church church and politics
  More contrasting views from Russia and the West. According to Time the Orthodox faithful constitute Putin's new "secret weapon". Russia: Pussy Riot and Putin’s Religious Backing | World | TIME.com:The prison sentence handed down last week against t...
• On treating miners as human beings
  on Aug 22, 2012 in miners' strike Lonmin mourning Marikana
  Did 44 people have to die to get people to take striking miners seriously? Are they being taken seriously even now? Are they even regarded as human beings? Writing Africa - Tinyiko Sam Maluleke's Website: Did Human Beings Die At Lonmin's Marikana Min...
• Making political capital out of the miners' strike
  on Aug 19, 2012 in Jacob Zuma miners strike Lonmin massacre trade unions miners Marikana Julius Malema
  Violent clashes between police and striking miners at the Lonmin mine at Marikana in North-West Province, and between members of rival unions, have left 34 dead (at the last count) and many more injured. This has shocked most people in South Africa.
• Not your average Scandiwegian whodunit
  on Aug 18, 2012 in Sweden Scandiwegian whodunits books Leif Persson history crime fiction politics book reviews
  Between Summer's Longing and Winter's Cold (The Fall of the Welfare State, #1) by Leif G.W. PerssonMy rating: 3 of 5 starsOver the last 10 years or so Scandinavian crime fiction has come to dominate the genre in the English-speaking world. Many of th...
• Olympic Ideals: Truer, Deeper, More Humble
  on Aug 12, 2012 in London 2012 ympic Games Iran Russia Olympic Games
  In spite of all the commercialisation, the professionaslisation and the patriotisation, something of the true Olympic spirit survives, as these pictures show.Hat-tip to Red Horse Down: Post #310 - Olympic Ideals: Truer, Deeper, More HumbleAnd three R...
• Cowboys & Aliens
  on Aug 12, 2012 in films movies Cowboys and Aliens
  I laughed when I saw the trailer of Cowboys & Aliens (2011) - IMDb the other night. It looked like yet an other B movie to watch for a few laughs when there is nothing else on TV.But actually it didn't turn out to be quite as bad as that. Distric...
• Pussy Riot: crossed wires
  on Aug 6, 2012 in punk rock Amnesty international Moscow Pussy Riot media Russian Orthodox Church
  I've been reading many differing opinions about Pussy Riot, the punk rock group whose members are on trial in Moscow after inturrupting a church service in the Christ the Saviour Cathedral with a political song.Reading different opinions is one thing...
• The Absolutist: book review
  on Aug 1, 2012 in WWI books conscientious objection reading The absolutist book reviews
  The Absolutist by John BoyneMy rating: 2 of 5 starsI'm in two minds about this book. The plot and the story line are quite good, and it is a very sad story. But the manner of its telling is not so good. The basic story is set in the First World War,...

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