BBC are proposing to make TV programmes available for download at some point in the near future. There is an open consultation process about this happening right now. I’ve made a formal comment asking them that they use open media and audio formats for their distribution, thus making it possible for all BBC licence-payers to… (read more)

There seems to have been a reassuring amount of mainstream news coverage of open source recently. Hopefully this is a trend that can continue. The first I noticed was a segment on Radio 4’s “In Business” called New Wave Computing which was a very basic introduction to the ideas behind open source and free software…. (read more)

Recently, I wrote to my MP. I got a reasonably positive reply asking for more information before he would consider signing the Early Day Motion I was encouraging him to. His reply was much faster than mine to him, embarrassingly, but I’ve finally got around to responding. Here is the content of my letter: Dear… (read more)

So I haven’t posted anything here for ages. Christmas, New Year, general laziness etc. Anyway, quick catch-up, divided into two. Christmas presents brought me quite a few books and a number of CDs, as usual: all good, though. I’m reading the latest Pratchett and also a book about the intricacies of WW2 called Europe At… (read more)