Kester Brewin

Tag: Technology

  • Berners-Lee Wrong on Web 2.0?

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    Will Samson has an interesting quote from Tim Berners-Lee revealing his thoughts on ‘Web 2.0’: “If Web 2.0 for you is blogs and wikis, then that is people to people. But that was what the Web was supposed to be all along.” I’m not a big fan of the phrase ‘Web 2.0’ either. But I…

  • London Olympics Logo | Newness Disturbs?

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    So, the debate over the new London Olympics brand has raged on for more days than a debate about a graphic really ought to… Hasn’t it? Initially it was just the aesthetics, but, while many people mentioned it made them feel sick, but then some of the video pieces really did. The Mayor has waded…

  • First Pilotless Police CCTV Drone Launches

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    Following up on the recent post about CCTV, I just had to post this story. Am I alone in thinking this is seriously worrying? That we are sleepwalking into a Stasi-style surveillance society? Get your catapults and air guns loaded my friends, the battle starts here. Technorati: BBC | CCTV | Drone | Police |…

  • CCTV ¦ The All-Seeing (soc)i(ety) ¦ Faceless

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    The other day I was walking along our high street when I saw this ‘mobile CCTV’… tank parked up. They were snapping, so I thought it only polite to reciprocate. It seems we’ve totally resigned ourselves to being discreetly observed at all times. Speed cameras, CCTV, Congestion Charge cameras… I the novel I’ve been working…

  • Rain | Technology Anoraks

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    After about 6 weeks of solid sunshine, it’s finally started raining this week. We needed it. Ironically, the downpours seemed to have caught the water supplies off-guard, and we had 3 water mains burst around our street, closing schools and leaving us without any. The allotment certainly needed the water. I was down there the…

  • Where Have All the Bees Gone?

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    From David Byrne’s journal: According to Einstein we’ve got a little over 4 years. Here’s a quote from him: “If the bee disappeared off the surface of the globe then man would only have four years of life left. No more bees, no more pollination, no more plants, no more animals, no more man.” And…