I’m currently in Heysel, on the edge of Brussels, where I’ve managed successfully since arriving last night on a smattering on schoolboy French.
Thought I’d blog from the Atomium, where I am right now. It’s based on a molecule of iron and I’m in a giant silver atom now, making it, via a bad pun, literally a blog-o-sphere.
Great news from the Archives: the 1911 census of England and Wales will get an early release following a ruling by the Information Commissioner in favour of a genealogist who was seeking information under FoI rules.
An online version will go live in 2009, 3 years earlier than planned, with a some sensitive data excised until 2012. A limited £45 per search service will be available until 2009.
BBC headline: Blame for warming pinned on man. Alas, the article doesn’t continue thus:
Climate change scientists have identified the cause of global warming, a 44-year-old man from Grimsby. Steven Waters, a council worker, said he was “stunned” to learn that he was responsible but would be taking the news on board and switching to energy-saving lightbulbs immediately.
On Tuesday, Ming Campbell and Chris Huhne visited the Thames Barrier, and I did some filming with Ming about the Government’s failure to adequately fund Britain’s flood defences.
The Thames Barrier is an impressive piece of engineering and a marvellous landmark. I have memories of visiting it when I was at school, but this time we were able to go onto one of the barrier stations, which was just as grand close up.
The 2007 Bloggies voting phase is now on - voting closes tomorrow, so vote now. The marvellous Peter is up for the lifetime achievement award in a very difficult field - against Slashdot and Wil Wheaton amongst others - and will be getting my vote.
Nominated in the Best-Kept Secret Weblog category is Woof Woofington, a blogging dog. Hmm. I can’t help thinking I’ve seen that template used elsewhere - maybe 8 out of 10 dogs prefer pink.
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