Year: 2004

  • Tsunami fund raisers should accept Paypal

    I’ve been looking around for an agency accepting Paypal donations towards the various Tsunami appeals. I suspect there’s millions locked up in Paypal balances that could be made useful if…

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  • Overcoming donor fatigue

    On the Today Programme the other day Bill Clinton suggested, even before the magnitude of the Asian disaster became clear, that the big donor Nations should divide up the affected…

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  • Stick this lot in your iPod

    A jewel of a programme about Blake’s Jerusalem from Tom Paulin (probably overwritten by next week’s show by now – drop me a line if you want an MP3) and…

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  • Your tax dollar in action…

    I’ve been meaning to blog this for ages but I just haven’t been able to form the words in my head. Why? Anyway, I’ve been helping a sort of loose…

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  • Honourable Fiend

    Still guestblogging over there for the time being, in case you’re interested. Latest entry is about Michael Howard and ID cards.

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  • Fixing pensions

    Pensions are important and will be for a long time (how about the indefinite future? Or at least until you can get uploading on the National Health). I find myself…

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  • Trying to keep it together…

    I give you a snapshot of the pre-Xmas domestic disarray round here. I’m feeding the kids Friday evening and notice that the pretty little red plate that I’ve given to…

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  • Disney and Winnie-the-Pooh

    Have you ever visited the Hundred Acre Wood? You can, you know. It’s a real place, hidden in the Home Counties and quite recognisably Pooh’s domain. All the landmarks are…

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  • Back in ten minutes…

    I’m having fun guestblogging over there at the moment. Azeem tells me that Hon. Fiend is doing very well, even while its editor suns himself in Brazil. Blanket Blunkett is…

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  • Software stories

    Anyone who does product design or marketing should read this entertaining and inspiring account of the history of a Mac software product called Audion. Why? Because a) more and more…

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