Ed Dowding

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Progress seems to have forgotten how to have fun.

I am currently running to be an MEP candidate. Please take a few moments to read more at www.ElectEd.in

Month: December, 2008

Twitter Updates for 2008-12-28

@mbites work less, play more; grow more, use less. #

LoveNinjas

From last.fm: Loveninjas are four or five Swedish boys in their mid 20′s with dirty hair and black clothes. They are determined to make love with Japanese girls and then write songs about it. Loveninjas’ songs sound like classic schlagers that have been forced through a dirty indie filter and then had its lyrics replaced [...]

“Recession is a test of character” — Gordon Brown

I beg your pardon? What? “Recession is a test of character” I’m sorry WHAT? “Recession is a test of character” Jesus H. Christ, you prick. You get us into this mess by deliberately sinking inflation in house prices to keep the recorded levels low, in order to generate an artificial feeling of economic prosperity; you [...]

Twitter Updates for 2008-12-26

@mysociety how many e-petitions have been ‘successful’ and acted upon by No 10? #

Twitter Updates for 2008-12-24

Happy Birthday @god, and happy Christmas everyone! #

Twitter Updates for 2008-12-23

@thefuckingpope but… homosexuals are a man’s best friend! Reduce the population, free up ladies, increase the empathy quotient! Result! # what’s the best value HD ready projector? Small, cheap bulbs, high contrast, high lumens? Thanks in advance, Tweetland! #

Twitter Updates for 2008-12-21

Feeding the hand which bites me: http://tinyurl.com/6znwot #

It’s all fucking fucked

As the chaps at Global Dashboard point out, this graph really does not require much comment. It sure as hell requires an explanation though. It’s really enough to make me cry and be thoroughly depressed. The positive side is that we have proved we can get it together to act fast and spend lots of [...]

Twitter Updates for 2008-12-19

@joshuamarch an utter pleasure to spend time with you today on the slopes. Good luck with http://www.theiplatform.com #

Recession

I’ve said for a while now that a lot of graphs have been going exponential for the last 50 years, and we ignore these slow trends at our peril. http://jenslapinski.wordpress.com/2008/12/18/being-a-tech-start-up-in-2009/ is a dramatically well illustrated example of how messy things have become.