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Labour: what is it for, what does it stand for
11 views (No Ratings Yet) Loading ... At a recent meeting we discussed this, in fact the topic brought a few people along that had not been active for a while, just as this topic has brought me back to my blog. This incredible loss, both in London and across the country is an opportunity for... »
5 truths about the internet
40 views (No Ratings Yet) Loading ... In Kurt Vonneguts Cats Cradle, I am sure it begins with something like…everything I am about to tell you is a lie. So they say the shops are taking a hammering because of the internet, well maybe like overpriced CDs that were hammered by iTunes its about time the... »
Freecycle vs Ebay
12 views (No Ratings Yet) Loading ... When I was a kid we “passed things on” and received things that others “passed on”; no money changed hands and we did not think any the less of ourselves or others because of it. Bikes, clothes, ornaments all went this way, and at the most we might... »
DNS
8 views (No Ratings Yet) Loading ... Short for Domain Name System (or Service or Server), an Internet service that translates domain names (like www.jonathanspencer.net) into IP addresses. Domain names are alphabetic, thus they’re easier to remember. The Internet however, is really based on IP addresses. Every time you use a domain name, therefore, a DNS service... »
If its on the internet it must be true
9 views (No Ratings Yet) Loading ... Wikipedia and so i guess other big wiki projects are up for grabs as anyone can edit them. Then this guy invented some software to scan wikipedia to read the IP address of people editing a page and cross reference this to an IP cmpany address list... »
A fresh view on innoculations for babies and children
109 views (No Ratings Yet) Loading ... My mother said in an argument between a husband and wife, there is the person that is right…. and the husband. More seriously we discussed it. I have been adamant about vaccines for some time, and i still dont really know whether they work or not... »
Freecycle vs Ebay
11 views (No Ratings Yet) Loading ... When I was a kid we “passed things on” and received things that others “passed on”; no money changed hands and we did not think any the less of ourselves or others because of it. Bikes, clothes, ornaments all went this way, and at the most we... »
Divorce and a Man with children – the new baby
17 views (No Ratings Yet) Loading ... So as you may know, I am divorced and have two children. I met my new partner on a train (not on the internet..) and I was over at the Fathers Direct web site: http://www.fathersdirect.com/ and i came across this blog by a guy who is expecting... »
Freecycle vs Ebay – giving it all away
10 views (No Ratings Yet) Loading ... When I was a kid we “passed things on” and received things that others “passed on”; no money changed hands and we did not think any the less of ourselves or others because of it. Bikes, clothes, ornaments all went this way, and at the most we... »
The Porn Myth
16 views (No Ratings Yet) Loading ... I read this amazing article recently I want to share with you, its about some of the effects that Porn and Pornographic culture is having on our young people. Its not about a 1970s vision of men violating women though, its about the changing of young peoples expectation... »
Google’s Orkut…the internet is not such a trusting friendlyplace
8 views (No Ratings Yet) Loading ... Do you have gmail or googlemail, do you use googles orkut…then checkout the privacy policy: “By submitting, posting or displaying any Materials on or through the orkut.com service, you automatically grant to us a worldwide, non-exclusive, sublicenseable, transferable, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable right to copy, distribute, create derivative works of,... »
Don’t use your Loyalty Card
8 views (No Ratings Yet) Loading ... What is a loyalty Card for, to help you, to give you discounts, a friendly gesture from your store? Maybe. However mostly its fro checking where you shop, what you buy and when. It allows stores to track you. In our big brother world, all the computerised processing of... »
Moved
8 views (No Ratings Yet) Loading ... I have just moved, bought a house with the new woman life, the old one having gone off with a work colleague (hers not mine), i think it was coz I found myself married to the internet… So now divorced on amiable terms most of the time with the... »
Redesign and New thoughts
7 views (No Ratings Yet) Loading ... So I have not been putting much into the site of late in the way of words, but there is a lot coming. The reason is of course a redesign, of the site which i hope you like. I am still using the great XOOPS cms... »
Information and questions on Quakers (Religious Society of Friends)
16 views (No Ratings Yet) Loading ... Actually its The Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). Although there are many Quaker groups around i started a new one at Yahoo, as a place to ask questions and find out more if you want. If you click the read more you will see a button and a link to... »
The Need to be Positive
6 views (No Ratings Yet) Loading ... Positive and negative I once saw a small part of a star trek episode, in which the ships counsellor is seen saying there are no positive or negative emotions there are just feelings, I wonder if these days we concentrate to often on either being totally positive, constructive and... »
Sexual Expectations
5 views (No Ratings Yet) Loading ... Fear and loathing in the new sexual arena and a spot of herpes To some extent being over 40, seperated and in a decent job has its advantages. I have a confidence that was certainly lacking in younger years, however, it is very much like being... »
Unhealthy London Underground
15 views (1 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5) Loading ... If you use the London Underground Now someone sent me this, if its your work, please tell me and I’ll credit you, of course it could be one of those its on the internet so it must be true things but… If you are a... »
Internet Messenger, iChat, AOL instant Messenger, MSN, Jabber
12 views (No Ratings Yet) Loading ... Messenger systems: iChat, aol instant messenger (AIM) communication and the internet The internet is the great information and communication tool of our time, it cuts through barriers of class and race, of ethnicity and country, but, like all things that may bring people together or keep them informed,... »
iPods and the curse of other peoples music.
6 views (No Ratings Yet) Loading ... Incidental music, digital music obsession What is our obsession with having a musical accompaniment to everything? You just cannot escape people with earphones on. A lover of the apple mac all my adult life, I blame apple to some extent, they have created the idea that you... »
Children of the 50’s 60’s and 70’s
21 views (No Ratings Yet) Loading ... This is pretty much plagiarised from an email I received, so if its your work, please tell me. It reminds me however of a line from A Gil Scott Heron Song: “Everyone wants to go back, even if its only as far as last week,…they don’t know if... »
Looking at Books!
2 views (No Ratings Yet) Loading ... Reading a lost pass-time Last week I was thinking about how I find so many people I meet just don’t read they watch tv, they plug themselves into their computer, they know every song on their iPod , the internet is there second home. I mentioned in a... »
I dare you to turn it off
6 views (No Ratings Yet) Loading ... When I was a kid there was a programme on TV called “Why don’t you turn off your TV and go do something more interesting instead” it got shortened to “Why don’t you?” I was thinking about this in relation to the way the internet has... »
Writing a Book
1 views (No Ratings Yet) Loading ... a book I have been thinking of writing a book, but don’t know much about it It would appear it helps if you are already a star in another field, or if you know someone…like Rupert Murdoch, I guess it might help. MY two thoughts on titles were “Singles: look at... »
Stop Internet SPAM
4 views (No Ratings Yet) Loading ... STOP SPAM I am sick of it, fed up to the back teeth of this crappy spam email, its so negative, so boring, so what! I get alot, and it galls me, then I found this very usedful site antispam STOP SPAM »
Wait for Me – Konstantin Simonov
113 views (No Ratings Yet) Loading ... Wait for Me ~ Konstantin Simonov I first heard this on the TV series World at War narrated by Laurence Olivier, and it has haunted me until tonight when I found out who the author was and then discovered a copy on the internet. It describes a Russian... »
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- Recipe to make Turkish Coffee
(5.00 out of 5) - To Be a Slave of Intensity – Kabir (5.00 out of 5)
- Kindness – Naomi Shihab Nye (5.00 out of 5)
- Contact Jonathan (5.00 out of 5)
- Jonathan Spencer’s Recipe for Peppermint Creams (5.00 out of 5)
- How to get a close and smooth shave (5.00 out of 5)
- Bespoke suit from Raja Fashions – Don’t do it (5.00 out of 5)
- Unhealthy London Underground (5.00 out of 5)
- The Story of The Islanders (5.00 out of 5)
- Castle Boterel – Thomas Hardy (5.00 out of 5)