UK libraries update

Posted by Paul Raven @ 15-11-2006 in General

Remember my despairing posts about the decline of UK libraries? Thanks to Tim Coates, a man who has campaigned against the decay of the service to the point of losing his livelihood and home due to being blackballed by the industry, here are some figures that illustrate the number of books that UK libraries have loaned out, compared with the amount of money spent on the services, and the percentage of that amount spent on books over the last decade: Continue reading “UK libraries update”

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The Demise of the Demagogue

Posted by Paul Raven @ 07-11-2006 in Essays

In fifty year’s time, people will look back and laugh at us for a lot of reasons. Apart from the fashions (“d00d, those jeans, like WTF!!!1!1”), what gets the biggest chuckles will surely be the hopelessly outdated concept of representative democracy.

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Web 2.0 goodies

Posted by Paul Raven @ 25-05-2006 in Technology

Ah, the web as a platform. I love it; so much good stuff to play with. Continue reading “Web 2.0 goodies”

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Google Earth? Sooooo 2005, baby…

Posted by Paul Raven @ 01-03-2006 in Uncategorized

Ah, good old Billy Gates and his merry band of code-monkeys. They said they’d trounce their competitors, and they sure are trying. Continue reading “Google Earth? Sooooo 2005, baby…”

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