Austin Mitchell has tabled an Early Day Motion in support of photographers’ rights:
That this House is concerned to encourage the spread and enjoyment of photography as the most genuine and accessible people’s art; deplores the apparent increase in the number of reported incidents in which the police, police community support officers (PCSOs) or wardens attempt to stop street photography and order the deletion of photographs or the confiscation of cards, cameras or film on various specious ground such as claims that some public buildings are strategic or sensitive, that children and adults can only be photographed with their written permission, that photographs of police and PCSOs are illegal, or that photographs may be used by terrorists; points out that photography in...
For reasons unknown, Keith and Jonnie turned the Sub Club into war-torn Vietnam for the night on Sunday, complete with explosions, corpses and fire: Apocalypse Optimo!
Many more photographs......
I’m just back from a wonderful little holiday with Fiona, Richard and Ruthie at Tigh Beg, a croft overlooking Loch Feochan. We tramped up hills, lit fires, ate delicious food (courtesy of Fiona), drank delicious wines (courtesy of Richard, and Bob) and went on a day trip to Ellenabeich.
My companions and hosts, on the Seil side of the Bridge Over the Atlantic:
It is traditional in Scotland to install boat cabins on the tops of hills (they’re used as hides when hunting haggis):
Tigh Beg is often surrounded by bleating idiots like this one:
Here’s a nice photo of Ruthie:
And here I am, attempting to email copy to The Herald (it only took four attempts):
At Ellenabeich you will find the Highland Arts Exhibition (and an excellent microbrewery):
Inside the...
I have been making Church websites for just about as long as I have been on the Internet and time was coming round for a refresh for my local church's site. Instead of just tidying up the CSS I wanted to use a new CMS (Plone was a major possibility). ... (182 words)Christian Python Internet Angus Church Website CMS Firedrop video photographs Carnoustie...
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IronPython has settled into Codeplex (Link) ''IronPython is the code name of the new Implementation Running on .NET of the Python programming language. It supports an interactive interpreter with fully dynamic compilation.'' It is a while since I have touched it. ... (66 words)Software Python IronPython Python .Net...
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Further up the coast is the interesting Montrose Basin and Arbroath Harbour. Sadly the level of detail is still pretty poor (though you can make out the shape) though I am sure Google are working on it. ... (85 words)Internet General Angus Montrose CuttySark Harbour Arbroath Basin Boats...
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The reaction to this film has been rather interesting to watch. Some good and some bad. The opportunity to tell the real [1] story has been taken but sadly the existence of the book, game and film has been challenged. ... (178 words)Christian Paul DaVinci Jesus DanBrown Reaction preaching religion christian...
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This is rather fun - I won't reveal my score. Lateral Thinking Problems - Preconceptions(Link) ''Lateral thinking problems that challange your preconceptions.'' ... (22 words)Fun Mindhack puzzle lateral thinking...
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Michael Ford posted my Bookmarklet for Firedrop to his blog. However it looks like ReST messed it up so here it is (this is a HTML post). ... (49 words)Internet Software Python Blogging FireDrop Bookmarklets...
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The latest version of Firedrop2 is out including some code by little ol' me. There's some more interesting stuff coming in future versions. ... (83 words)Firedrop Blogging Blog Offline OSS OpenSource...
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BBC NEWS | Scotland | Highlands and Islands | Thieves steal 8ft carpet python(Link) ''Thieves have stolen an 8ft snake from the home of a reptile rescue volunteer in the Highlands.Lorna Watt, 27, was fostering carpet python, Diesel, when it was taken from her flat in South Kessock, Inverness.'' ... (49 words)Python Scotland Highlands Islands Python Snake Kessock Inverness...
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I bought a scanner yesterday and immediately set to archiving the hundreds of grubby polaroids I have from the late 1990s and early 2000s.
Apparently, my friends and I spent those years dying our hair, getting into various states of disrepair and going to Optimo every Sunday without fail. Also, I was quite disturbingly thin, Hannah had enormous eyes, and Leon looked like a small Mancunian child.
Click on the terrifying photograph below to see a slideshow....
