Archive for June, 2007

Nothing of interest happened to me except for getting wet. Others around me were somewhat less or more fortunate, depending on your viewpoint. Read about some of them on the Plus.net Community Site.

Posted by Libertus on June 26, 2007 at 5:46 pm under Life.
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During working hours, of course! I’m first left on the second desk, in front of the guy with the cool dreads. I’ve moved, see the comments!
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Posted by Libertus on June 19, 2007 at 6:32 pm under Life, Pictures.
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My friends know that I’m a bit of a political geek and like to keep abreast of what our elected representatives are doing, so I follow the Official Reports of the UK Parliaments with an almost religious fervour, although I’ve been a bit lazy recently and just been watching the BBC Parliament channel.

I’m also a huge fan of theyworkforyou.com, a volunteer-run website which republishes the Official Reports of the House of Commons, House of Lords and the Northern Ireland Assembly in a far friendlier form than the “official” sites, with the added bonus of public commentary and statistical analysis of the MP’s performance.

Missing from theyworkforyou.com is the Official Report of the Scottish Parliament, all the more sorely missing due to the now very interesting constitution of that body with its minority SNP government. Republishing an official record is no easy task, for a number of reasons that I’ll go into later, but I know for sure that I have all the requisite skills and tools to do it.

I’ve had this project on the back-burner for some months now and since I’m starting a new job soon, any spare time I might have to work on hobby projects is going to vanish.

So here I go. I don’t need to get it perfect – just far enough along so that someone else can pick up and complete the task.
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Posted by Paul M on June 15, 2007 at 3:17 pm under Coding, Politics, Scotland, Skills, Web Standards.
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Having a mate who works in a game store is a real bonus when it comes to play-testing. I took my Wii to the shop and we spent some time checking out all the games we could get our hands on (the ones returned for exchange mostly), so that I could figure out which ones I wanted to buy. Hey… there’s no such thing as a free lunch and not making your customers feel ripped off is good business!

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Posted by Paul M on June 14, 2007 at 2:21 pm under Reviews, Software, Wii.
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