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Ireland’s Open Data Strategy

by dixie

Writing about Atlanta is proving tricky, and in the meantime life is galloping away with me. Just so you don’t forget about me, I’ll offer another non-travel blog to tide everyone over. Two weeks ago I attended the public briefing at the Department for Justice and Equality on the state of Open Data in the […]

A distant but real problem

by dixie

My history with drugs is possibly unique in my generation. A shining example of what Reagan’s War on Drugs was supposed to do, I have avoided all but the barest whiff of illegal drug activity, unless you count that coffee cocktail I had at Xando’s when I was 19 and all the cannabis I’ve smelled […]

Pardon My Sceptical Twitch

by xaosseed

I read a letter to one of the news papers recently that went along the lines of “so, can we expect all the people who marched against war in Iraq to hit the streets in protest against the war in Georgia?” And if not, why not?

And now, your moment of Zen

by dixie

As the primary season staggers to an end, the Democratic candidates are spending lots of time and money in states with later primaries: Pennsylvania, Indiana, and so on. Each vote, victory, and loss is important as an indication of whether a candidate is worthy to stay in the race and continue competing for delegates. Am […]

What really matters

by dixie

I’ve followed Ravelry drama much more closely than the election this year, with a few exceptions for really brilliant election moments. There’s a joke whispering around Ravelry about how Casey (the code monkey half of the husband/wife team behind the entire site) should run for President. I have to say after watching the guy do […]