Goodbooks -or- my problem with buying books.

Autobiographical 27 May 2010 | 0 Comments

So, a friend pointed me towards the website Goodreads and I absolutely love it as it lets you list, rate and review all of the books you’ve ever owned and read as well as those you would like to read. Given that it has an accompanying iPhone app I am hoping that I have found the solution to [...]

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(nuclear) War, what is it good for?

Politics 20 April 2010 | 1 Comment

So, I’m a bit confused. I’ve been talking to a few people online recently about the Liberal Democrats’ proposal to remove the funding to the replacement of Trident, the UK’s submarine-based nuclear deterrent. Most people opposed to this talk about the lack of a deterrent making whatever mutually assured destruction policy we operate, or that [...]

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ITV Leader Debate gaff

Funny,Politics 17 April 2010 | 0 Comments

The Media blog has screen-grabs of the unfortunate “C-word” gaff ITV made last night. Worth seeing, as ITV are desperate to keep the video off the web.

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Liberal Democrats Manifesto 2010

Politics 17 April 2010 | 0 Comments

Note: This was originally part of my Political Leanings post, but that grew rather large rather quickly, so I’ve split this out into a separate post. So, I’ve recently taken quite a shine to the Lib Dems, after in previous elections voting either Tory (misguided youth) or not bothering at all. Out of all of [...]

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Political Leanings

Politics 16 April 2010 | 0 Comments

So to start, and inspired by a few other blogs I’ve read this week, I think I’ll give a run down of my history with UK politics and why I’ll vote the way I will this year. Like a lot of teenagers, I was apathetic about voting and elections. Neither of my parents are political [...]

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