And now we’re on the runway to #lab19. Let’s see if I can make it 4 in a row.
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On the fitness of Keith Vaz
Over the summer of 2019, Keith Vaz reused his medical condition to have decisions of Labour’ NEC Disputes Committee reviewed. It’s not the first time and raises the question of whether you can be partially sick. Obviously in employment, one can be recommended ‘light duties’ or employers can be made to make “reasonable adjustments” in…
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Card Processing for SMEs
I have been asked to look at providing a voluntary association with advice on the desirability of adopting a card processing solution. Here as ever, are my notes and links. …
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Ink Stains
How to deal with/remove ink stains. Treat an ink stain on a shirt by first wetting it with some white vinegar, then rubbing in a paste of two parts vinegar to three parts cornstarch. Let the paste thoroughly dry before washing the item.
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Making a web site using Umbraco
I am involved in an Umbraco project, we have decided that adoption is better than authorship, here are some themes we found.
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Redistricting Lewisham
London is reviewing its local government ward boundaries. Lewisham is included; here are my notes.
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Macroeconomic facts and sources
This is the research companion piece for my article on MMT & International Trade. Here are my notes.
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About MMT
Some left economists have started to critique MMT, I have written a recent blog article but like the rabbit hole to Wonderland, there’s always more. Here are my notes.
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Baldurdash 301
This was the original and first unofficial fixpack for the Baldur’s Gate family of games. I refer to it in this wiki on a couple of my BG2 articles. It has now moved and can be found at Gibberlings 3 and has been renamed “fixpack”. The old site is available at the wayback machine.
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NWN2: the Harp & the Chrysanthemum
I decided to play this. I downloaded it from its home page but the game has been updated. Here are my notes, which talks a bit about version control but also includes some hints. For more, including the play hints, see below/overleaf.
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Energy, Climate Change and Just Transition
I need to consider the politics of energy and climate change. I shall be looking at the politics inside the labour party but I should look at what the UK Government is saying. This was originally written when I returned from GMB 2019, augmented with GMB items in 2020 and then some links and comments made…
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Illegal Wars
I have been pushed to having a look at the law and war crimes, partly, as a result of meeting again, a bunch of people who think they can substitute their own judgement vs. the Rule of Law. Here are, as ever, my notes.
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About SIOC
# I have thought long and hard about data modelling the person and wondered if SIOC would help. It seems designed for the modelling of blogs and so I am not sure, but here are my notes and links.
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Social Housing Finance
I attended a presentation on Lewisham’s Housing policy last night and was wondering why the lifting of the borrowing cap wasn’t more effective. Here are my notes on social housing finance.
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Business process and workflow automation
My mind wanders to work-flow management and its meta languages and descriptions. Here are my notes.
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