I was asked by my sister for advice on building a web e-commerce solution which set me thinking about if I could sell some “merch”. Here are my notes. …
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IRC in the 2020’s
I needed to have another look at IRC. Sadly it seems this is a dead end. Here are my notes this time. …
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A British Bill of Rights
The Govt. are finally consulting on the Human Rights Act. The closing date is 8th March 2022 11:59. Here are my notes The first page or two detail the questions from the consultation, you can skip them by clicking here. …
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Military Assistance Command, a game
A solo, narrative game, reminiscent of Junta’s themes called MAC.
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Dreadnought 2050
Which’ll come first, this or the Bakerloo extension? A concept of what might be. Here are some notes & links …
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1st Steps
I have been thinking about Brexit again over the last few days, I issued my personal short term manifesto, and read the British Chamber of Commerce’s puff in the FT. I comment on the one benefit identified so far, Crown logos on pint glasses. Otherwise, here are some notes,
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Rewilding Britain
i wrote a blog article, which was a news piece on the reintroduction of bison to the UK, in Kent of all places. Last week, India Bourke wrote an article in the New Statesman, called “Why rewilding isn’t just for toffs“. She argues, that, “Small-scale farmers can play their part in conservation – Monty Don…
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Using modals on this site.
I found the modals a fab way of keeping pages tidy and when writing about DnD games they allow me to hide the hints. i found some examples, and created a page with three modals, with which I had some problems which now seem nearly fixed. I will/might use the technique to hide the motions…
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Kazakhstan
So what’s really happening there? My notes …
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Living in Germany
So if I were to try to live in Germany, how would I do that.
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The UK Economy
What’s the economy look like today, or last march?
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COFOE, Panel 2 recommendations
I am tracking the CoFoE and the Citizens Panel 2 on Democracy and the Rule of Law has just reported, making 39 recommendations. Why are names of EU bodies always so long? Here are my notes on these recommendations. …
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Citizen’s Assemblies
What’s the theory? Why are they useful and good? What role should they play in municipal or state governance? Here are my notes …
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The Glorious Revolution
Provoked by Adonis, I came across some stuff about the so-called Glorious Revolution. Here are my notes …
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The right to national self-determination
While doing some thinking as part of my work on AEIP, I wondered where the “right of national self-determination” came from. It is not defined in the UN Charter, the UNDHR or the European Convention although on thinking about it, these were all written by Nation States and so they would not be keen to…
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