Monthly Archives: April 2006

Revision

Apologies for the posting dropoff, which is likely to continue. Hopefully normal service will be resumed after my exams, which finish in about the second week of May. Until then things might be intermittent, I’m afraid.

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Consultants on the NHS

There’s a lot of good points in this post from NHS Blog Doctor. The majority of consultants work hard, and work longer hours for the NHS than those for which they are contracted. The media may choose not to believe it. Alice Miles clearly does not believe it. Patricia Hewitt certainly did not believe it. […]

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Some thoughts on User Interfaces

Some time ago I came across this page and this picture. Yesterday I decided to undertake an experiment. My favourite browser, Firefox, allows its users to add extensions. Currently 1102 extensions are available at Mozilla update. I decided to install 100 of the most popular extensions at the same time. Meanwhile, over at Coding Horror, […]

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CRB Checking

A year or two ago, the House of Bishops or the General Synod or somebody like that decided to implement a new set of rules for dealing with children withing the church. They drafted a document entitled “Protecting All God’s Children,” which can be found here. One of the most contentious issues is that it […]

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April 1st

The whole internet is full of absolute rubbish. I’ve hardly read anything sensible all day. This list of online hoaxes may help you to avoid them.

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