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BT finally does the right thing?? For how long?

Finally - but not until after invading their customers' privacy - BT have pulled out of Phorm. Worth half a cheer - unless it's supposed to push Phorm into administration so they can buy it cheaply.

Hope the European Court throws the book at both BT and the Government.

Phorm plunges as BT pulls ad system -

Ezra Nawi

In praise of ... Ezra Nawi

And now the party's almost over . . .

We can't thank enough all of you who came to the party - but we can try :)
Thank you so very much for helping us celebrate so well :)
To those who couldn't make it - you missed a treat!
To those coming later in the year - we're looking forward to trying to reprise it with you :)
The last word(s) must surely be 'thanks Emma', 'rattler', and 'intelligent cauliflowers'.
Thank you All :)

Inconvenient truths in the drug war

According to The Guardian today [A drug report offering hope as well as outdated claims about Britain | World news | guardian.co.uk], the greatest influence on the amount of poppy grown in Afghanistan is - the proce of wheat....

So against this background a substantial fall in global opium and cocaine production is to be welcomed as it demonstra

The Loggan Stone

I came across a lovely book on Project Gutenberg - Rambles Beyond Railways; or, Notes in Cornwall taken A-foot, by Wilkie Collins 1861

I particulary liked the story of the Loggan Stone [Pg 141]

From Marazion we walked to Penzance, from Penzance to the beautiful coast scenery at Lamorna Cove, and thence to Trereen, celebrated as the halting place for a visit to one of Cornwall's greatest curiosities—the Loggan Stone.

Good governance - an impossible dream?

Simon Jenkins makes serveral sharp points in

New way of dating fired clay ceramics - rehydroxylation

Noticed on the BBC News site

A unique approach to dementia care

Very interesting article in The Guardian today about possible future for demential care

Strawberry Day

Had our first Cornish Strawberries of the season today and fabulous they were too with a little clotted cream ;)