Monthly Archives: March 2008

British Youth In Crisis

March 28, 2008 – 11:33 pm

This institutionalized inequality doesn’t only harm low achievers. The system emphasizes academic attainment over social development. British children start school earlier and sit more exams than other Europeans. Many of them complain of stress.
“Britain is a very individualistic culture, in which a huge emphasis is placed on personal success and less on good fellowship,” [...]

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Natural Selection?

March 26, 2008 – 6:59 pm

A Kill

Road Kill

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Social Media and UK Politics

March 19, 2008 – 6:50 pm

“Back in 2003 Tony Blair launched a laudably big online conversation - called the Big Conversation, in fact - but it hasn’t been heard from since (it’s currently a Big HTTP 500 Internal Server Error). We can assume that it wasn’t a success…”
I’m almost too ashamed at the level of geekiness in that quote [...]

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The Poles Are Coming!

March 12, 2008 – 7:49 pm

Well in case you missed The Poles Are Coming! last night on BBC2, a programme from the BBC’s White season, I have managed to condense an hour programme into three key clips.
First up from Lithuania, Tomas Jankovicius lets us know how hard he works, and what he gets for it.
Second, from Poland, Mariusz points out [...]

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Get Bling With Christ

March 9, 2008 – 3:21 pm

Yeah man, I get down with Gsus at my local TK Maxx store.

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Something for all you typography nerds

March 9, 2008 – 12:58 pm

Guess the venue?

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The Levellers - England My Home (Live at Brixton Academy)

March 9, 2008 – 11:35 am

The Levellers opening number at the Brixton Academy leg of their 20th Anniversary Beautiful Nights tour.
Formats available:Microsoft Video (.avi)

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Dreadzone - Elevate (Live at Brixton Academy)

March 9, 2008 – 10:36 am

Dreadzone supporting The Levellers on their Beautiful Nights 20th Anniversary Tour at Brixton Academy.
Formats available:Microsoft Video (.avi)

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Alabama 3 Live at Brixton Academy

March 9, 2008 – 9:41 am

A slimmed down version of the full band supporting The Levellers on their Beautiful Nights 20th Anniversary tour.
More on the band here.

Formats available:Microsoft Video (.avi)

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Hype Machine + Last.fm

March 4, 2008 – 11:11 am

Ever thought “hell, I wish I could scrobble the tracks I listen to on the Hype Machine to my last.fm account”?
Now you can.

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