tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36561112024-03-07T08:30:05.083+00:00Olav told me to do it.Things that happen that move me to write.Kwokhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15403848642146144331noreply@blogger.comBlogger493125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656111.post-64581045731190543152013-06-11T17:35:00.001+01:002013-06-11T17:35:07.801+01:00The power of metadataLaid out in a beautiful example -
Using Metadata to Find Paul RevereKwokhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15403848642146144331noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656111.post-13259693994542492392013-06-10T12:33:00.002+01:002013-06-10T12:33:39.095+01:00What. A. Story.Edward Snowden: the whistleblower behind the NSA surveillance revelations - Guardian.
I think he comes across as very sympathetic at the moment. Perhaps that's the advantage of outing yourself, you control the narrative, before people inevitably try to put the boot in.Kwokhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15403848642146144331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656111.post-14170773459782785682013-06-09T15:56:00.002+01:002013-06-09T16:00:43.570+01:00Patronising responseDon't you just hate this kind of patronising response? Just be good, and you won't get in trouble. Because institutions like the police force and ministers are totally free from corruption, I don't think...
Hague: Law-abiding Britons have nothing to fear from GCHQ
Tim Yeo rejects committee coaching claimKwokhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15403848642146144331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656111.post-21076243594403265722012-07-04T13:40:00.000+01:002012-07-04T13:51:46.776+01:00Everything in terms of the Large Hadron ColliderWell done CERN scientists and engineers for finding evidence for a particle that is most likely the Higgs Boson.
The machine you used, the Large Hadron Collier (LHC), took a decade to build and cost around $10 billion. But it revealed a grain of undiminishable truth about the universe we all live in.
And what I love is the massive particle smasher was built for no other reason than to extend Kwokhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15403848642146144331noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656111.post-3921067134350115112012-06-21T01:00:00.001+01:002012-06-21T01:00:50.318+01:00Who am I to sayMaybe I've had it wrong the whole time. Maybe it's all about manufactured scarcity. Maybe I'm a huge doche bag.Kwokhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15403848642146144331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656111.post-84040752128472018562012-06-20T23:03:00.000+01:002012-06-20T23:08:05.372+01:00Stand upWatched my uncle do stand up comedy today. He didn't suck. Which is great. What more could a worried nephew ask for.Kwokhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15403848642146144331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656111.post-3071549784973239442012-06-20T09:30:00.001+01:002012-06-20T09:40:02.598+01:00Recapturing the written wordLove this story on the BBC about how those online security tests are helping the world digitise old manuscripts.
Almost makes them less annoying to do now.
The internet has captured human-only skills on a grand scale.Kwokhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15403848642146144331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656111.post-5952015752476141282012-06-19T01:15:00.000+01:002012-06-19T01:15:16.068+01:00Tired? Or being a wuss?Got to that stage in life where I can't tell anymore.Kwokhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15403848642146144331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656111.post-92099406545737161342012-06-17T14:30:00.002+01:002012-06-17T14:30:51.179+01:00Nice one Sunday TimesI'm liking the Sunday Times Olympic ticket scandal story.
It shows what good journalism is all about: holding the world to rights.
I'm almost tempted to buy a subscription. Almost...Kwokhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15403848642146144331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656111.post-39597625990670524422012-01-04T22:37:00.003+00:002012-01-04T22:37:54.846+00:00BBC Have Your Say is the most depressing place in the worldWitness here, and click on highest rated.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16393926\
Kwokhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15403848642146144331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656111.post-83430675794637493462012-01-03T14:20:00.001+00:002012-01-03T14:20:42.869+00:00The curious effect of watching Mama Mia!
I finally saw Mama Mia! the movie a few days ago and it reminded me of the Mark Kermode review I heard on BBC Radio Five a few years ago.
It's starts off as unbelievably naff. You almost can't believe you're watching it. You kind of want everyone to stop screaming and shut up. You worry about skin cancer on the unbelievably sunny Greek island. You wonder if Meryl Kwokhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15403848642146144331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656111.post-64076131368048076112011-11-30T21:54:00.001+00:002011-11-30T21:57:15.638+00:00Krugman Does The InbetweenersLove Paul Krugman and his column in the New York Times.
Love his passion for Keynesian economics and his willingness to take on all comers.
But what I especially like about today's article is his Inbetweeners impression, right at the end.
Link: Bleeding Britain - Paul KrugmanKwokhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15403848642146144331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656111.post-50432876093444071092011-11-29T17:40:00.001+00:002011-11-29T18:02:22.993+00:00He's a Living Tabloid Newspaper
Via ITN
Evidence from former News of the World deputy features editor Paul McMullan at the Leveson inquiry was explosive today.
Lots of tittle tattle, lots of celeb name dropping (Brad Pitt, Princess Diana, David Beckham...), lots of sex, drugs and death. Also, lots of righteous indignations. Lots of standing up for the little man against the system and protecting children from Kwokhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15403848642146144331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656111.post-19901169833572098922011-11-29T14:30:00.001+00:002011-11-29T14:39:42.891+00:00With Great Power...
Via Guardian
Sometimes, a journalist needs to bend the rules and skirt on the edge of morality to get to the bottom of a story. This is fine when used to expose a wrong, such as government corruption or a crime, but not fine when used to expose someone's private life or black mail an individual.
I think this is thing that editors and newspaper owners fear, that a blanket ban on such Kwokhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15403848642146144331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656111.post-19055205672393614162011-11-28T20:36:00.001+00:002011-11-28T23:06:52.648+00:00Diamond Witness
Source: Reuters
I saw parts of the live stream on the UK Leveson Inquiry into Press Ethics today, and was very impressed by Anne Diamond.
As an ex-print journalist who was subsequently hounded by tabloids after she became a TV presenter, she gave a very even handed opinion on the media balance of good and evil.
Despite shocking revelations of reporters posing as doctors when she went into Kwokhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15403848642146144331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656111.post-3230674802637139062011-04-29T07:16:00.001+01:002011-04-29T07:18:06.426+01:00TwitterPlease look to the right. Yes friends, I've started tweeting, please follow me!Kwokhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15403848642146144331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656111.post-52562110875354591652010-12-19T00:17:00.002+00:002010-12-19T00:20:05.922+00:00Coughs and Shower Sealants- Get over this bastard cough that's been plaguing me for a week.- Buy sealant to fix our leaky shower.- Don't give up.- Remember who I used to be.Kwokhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15403848642146144331noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656111.post-65565711617082293702010-12-12T18:40:00.002+00:002010-12-12T18:42:35.421+00:00Life's too short to fold socks- Decide what colour to paint small room.- Fill out and send off application for Wimbledon tennis tickets.- Buy socks from Hugo Boss. (It's a Christmas present!)Kwokhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15403848642146144331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656111.post-41679444807588960872010-12-11T15:28:00.001+00:002010-12-11T15:29:26.364+00:00Ikea and Pax- Go to Ikea and look at the Pax storage system.- Go to the supermarket and buy ingredients for mulled wine.- Try to feel better from cold.Kwokhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15403848642146144331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656111.post-82966589086143519272010-12-08T22:26:00.003+00:002010-12-08T22:35:11.459+00:00Bank and BattleplansTo do- Call the bank and ask why they called the house yesterday.- Finish another section of the Battleplan.- Buy fish, toilet paper, and white wine vinegar from Waitrose.- Scan taxi receipt and send to Eurostar.Kwokhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15403848642146144331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656111.post-69330871751745820562010-12-07T19:25:00.001+00:002010-12-07T19:27:35.170+00:00Taxes and Gardeners- Set the alarm at 7.30am tomorrow so I can get up for the gardener- Got to the cash machine to get money for the gardener.- Make a check list of what the gardener has to do.- Do my tax returns.Kwokhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15403848642146144331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656111.post-53212988237263056222010-12-06T19:27:00.005+00:002010-12-06T19:38:45.372+00:00My Life In ListsThis is what my blog should be called, as that's what I'm going to do now. Make lists.This is what my life has morphed into, a list of things to do, an ever growing list.So here it is for your delight, a Monday to Friday list of things I have to, and should do.- Change the PIN number on my new credit card from the one they gave me.- Call the bank to ask why I don't have a joint Kwokhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15403848642146144331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656111.post-58768159776710883742010-11-01T23:42:00.003+00:002010-11-01T23:52:59.643+00:00Blog breakBeen away for a while, is it time to return?To be honest, I'm at a loss to do with this blog.Should it be a diary? I'm redecorating my house at the moment, there are many light hearted anecdotes about choosing different shades of white for the living room, gay furniture designers on King's Road, and my DIY laminate flooring mishaps.Or should it be cultural commentary? I recently Kwokhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15403848642146144331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656111.post-42213815260359098212010-05-02T22:21:00.002+01:002010-05-02T22:26:04.109+01:00Boxes from JapanJust opened a load of boxes full of stuff when I was in Japan.Memories rushing back, images filling my brain, old faces coming to say hello.Me wondering where time has gone, and where the people are I used to know.And even if I did find them again, they'd be different like I'm different.And how it might be better to leave them alone, and have them crystallised in my mind, my Kwokhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15403848642146144331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656111.post-53442547829586414962010-04-17T18:56:00.003+01:002010-04-17T19:00:38.819+01:00Election erectionYes, I'm excited about the up coming elections.Yes, it will be the closest elections in my voting lifetime.Yes, Nick Clegg has really thrown a yellow spanner in the red and blue works.Yes, television is now influencing British politics.Yes, politics is becoming more presidential, for better or for worse.Yes, politics is now about images as well as messages.Yes, I will be voting.IKwokhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15403848642146144331noreply@blogger.com0