Wednesday, 25 February 2009

Our Government and The Economy


Small Fortune, originally uploaded by Wurzel.

The picture sums up the apparent current fiscal policy - try it and hope for the best.

I heard this on the radio this morning.

The privately owned banks run into financial trouble.
Government response?
To transfer part of them to public ownership.

The publicly owned Royal Mail runs into financial trouble.
Government response?
To transfer part of it to private ownership.

Don't worry, they know what they're doing....... honest


Tuesday, 17 February 2009

New Zealand Copyright Protest

Join The New Zealand Internet BlackOut to protest against a law due on February 28th that calls for internet disconnection based on accusations of copyright infringement without a trial and without any evidence held up to court scrutiny.

http://creativefreedom.org.nz/blackout.html

"Sections 92A and C of the amended Copyright Act establish a guilt upon accusation principle that can see anyone accused of "copyright infringement" getting his or her Internet connection severed"

Black out your Facebook avatar, Your Myspace pages, your Twitter account, and websites to protest against the insane new law that may come into effect on February 28.

Tuesday, 3 February 2009

Snow


Snow, originally uploaded by Wurzel.

The view from my front garden yesterday. Today the snow was much deeper but unfortunately no time to take photos. I drove to work this morning, had I walked I'd have probably taken hundreds of photos

Friday, 30 January 2009

The Power of the Search Engine


Strange family !, originally uploaded by Wurzel.

I like to use Flickr for displaying some of my photographs. Most have, I like to think anyway, a degree of artistic merit or a least interesting subject matter. So it's a bit disappointing to find that this picture has had over 5 times as many views as the next best one.

Why? It's nothing more than a family shot from a day out at Wookey Hole.

But foolishly I entitled in "Strange Family". AZnd beng able to see where ti's hits come from I now realise that it has slowly moved it's way up the Yahoo search engine rankings so that if you type in the word "strange" (as I'm sure numerous bored surfers do from time to time) into theier image search it appears in the top line of their listings. Thanks to that it's currently averaging a couple of dozen hit a day.

I'll blame it on our "dumbing down" culture.

Monday, 26 January 2009

West Pier, Brighton


West Pier, Brighton, originally uploaded by Wurzel.

What is left of Brighton's West Pier on a very cold wet and windy Sunday afternoon. The picture makes the day look a lot brighter than it was, I like the waves and the isolation of the per in this shot

Palace Pier, Brighton


Palace Pier, Brighton, originally uploaded by Wurzel.

Brighton's Palace Pier (despite the sign claiming otherwise) on a very cold we and windy Sunday afternoon.

Sunday, 18 January 2009

Northington Grange


Northington Grange, originally uploaded by Wurzel.
Whilst out and about today we visited Northington Grange, near Alresford, Hampshire. This is an amazing place, tucked away down a country lane, blink and you'd miss the entrance. An imposing architectural wonder, stood totally alone and unattended Any attempts to see through any windows not blacked out reveals a derelict interior. Or so it seems. Because in the summer it comes alive ! The video below reveals the secret.