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Review — Tillington Hills Cider
This little number is courtesy of the co-op believe it or not. They tag it as a premium cider which is always a little worrying, but other than that and the frankly unncessary union flag on the bottle, this was actually a rather good little …
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January 2013 Reading
Lim uses statistical modelling and interviews to back up his central thesis that presidential rhetoric has been becoming increasingly simplif …
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2013 Reading
Here’s all the books that I read in 2013, by month. On the each month's page there’s quick review or synopsis of each book. …
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East Oxford Community Centre website
I have been a voluntary trustee for the East Oxford Community Centre for the last couple of years. I recently felt that I had enough time to put together a new website for them. It wasn’t a hugely big project; I just boshed something together on wordpress.com in an evening. But I think that …
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2012 Reading Highlights
It is traditional — and who am I to dispute traditions? — to publish navel-gazing lists and yearly roundups at or about New Year. So, I have had a self-indulgent look back at 2012 through the lens of the books that I read and articles that I wrote this year. …
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Ethical tech — 10 ways to keep your digital life free and secure
This is a rewrite of an article that first appeared in the Internet Showdown issue of New Internatoinalist magazine. I have expanded some sections and rephrased others.Perhaps the most important reason to use Free Software is that it allows you, not a corporation, …
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Typing the λ (lambda) character with the compose key on Xorg
I am working my way through a book called Types and Programming Languages, by Benjamin C. Pierce at the moment. I’ve just started the chapter on lambda calculus and I thought it would be fun to be able to include the λ character in my notes. I realize that this sounds a little like displac …
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Rooting the Coby Kyros MID9742 Android tablet
I recently got hold of a tablet, mostly for reading PDFs on, but I realized that the preinstalled android OS didn’t let me have root access. Which is deeply immoral. I ought to be able to do what I want to the devices I buy. It took me ages to work out how to get root on it, so I have writen …
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Vegan Recipe — Super Fiery Chilli Sauce
Making chilli sauce is pretty straightforward, depending on how you like your sauce. Me? I like it full of fire, with a hint of complexity buried somewhere beneath the burn. Which means that I mix naga, scotch bonnet, guajillo and dried and fresh Thai red chillies with vinegar, garlic, herbs and sh …
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December 2012 Reading
A Christmas present from my dad, this is a collection of 9 counterfactual accounts of history, rooted in what contemporary observers believed likely or possible, written by leading (mostly British) historians. Ferguson’s introduc …
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