links for 2006-08-23
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Anti-terror security policy making terrorists of us all (via Making Light).
Mark Waters marked time at 7:17 pm on August 23rd, 2006 | Add a comment .
Archive for August, 2006
Scattery Island from the inside
We’ve already had small and faraway. Now here are some interiors (of a sort) from Scattery Island.
Inside the round tower, looking up
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Mark Waters marked time at 10:14 pm on August 20th, 2006 | 1 comment .
Piolin Abandoned
Among the illegally dumped rubbish was poor little Tweety Pie looking a little the worse for wear.
Mark Waters marked time at 6:03 pm on August 18th, 2006 | Add a comment .
Kilmacduagh, County Galway
Mark Waters marked time at 9:41 pm on August 17th, 2006 | Add a comment .
links for 2006-08-17
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“Our official protectors and deciders trumpet the fools they catch because they haven’t got a handle on the people we should really be afraid of. They make policy based on foibles and follies, and Hollywood plots.”
Mark Waters marked time at 7:17 pm on August 17th, 2006 | Add a comment .
links for 2006-08-15
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“Be sceptical. Be very, very sceptical”
Mark Waters marked time at 7:17 pm on August 15th, 2006 | Add a comment .
links for 2006-08-08
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“The fact that nobody has been named, let alone blamed, for any of these errors, suggests a lack of accountability and a system-wide reluctance to accept responsibility.”
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Warnings for “Web 2.0″. Some connections are more valuable than others. Fairly obvious in hindsight.(tags: technology SocialSoftware)
Mark Waters marked time at 7:17 pm on August 8th, 2006 | Add a comment .
A Bridge Too Far
I headed over to Newport to grab a photo of the railway bridge. I got a little more than I bargained for. When I arrived the festival was in full swing. The raft race was about to start. In Newport they do the raft race a little differently. Not only do the competitors have to negotiate the rapids and the challenge of other competitors, they also have to run the gauntlet of locals, pelting them with eggs, flour, tomatoes, and other mostly harmless projectiles. And it’s not just the youngsters who are at it. Many’s the second childhood was witnessed. Anyway, a good time was had by all, and when the plumes of flour clouds had cleared, I got my photograph.
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Mark Waters marked time at 9:34 pm on August 7th, 2006 | 1 comment .
links for 2006-08-01
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“FG can keep churning out eye-catching initiatives (aka nonsense non-policies) like wet-rooms for drunks in casualty departments. Or they can start asking grown-up questions about how Irish people really want to spend what’s left of our boom”
Mark Waters marked time at 7:18 pm on August 1st, 2006 | 1 comment .
