They teach airbrushing technique young in the Labour Party it seems. You may recall, dear reader, that I took Chair of London Young Labour Omar Salem to task before Christmas for manufacturing a story about the Lib Dem reshuffle by selectively quoting this website and getting a whole heap of facts wrong, a story which… Continue reading When Jo Swinson met Joe Stalin
Day: January 5, 2008
Building a better compass
Peter Dunphy wrote an interesting post last week about the limitations of Political Compass. Of course, in the blogosphere there is very little new under the virtual sun, and this was a topic of debate 5 years ago. The late and much missed Chris Lightfoot was a great critic of the application and wrote his… Continue reading Building a better compass
The rise of the spamblog
One of the more annoying trends of the past few months has been the rise of the spamblog. I’m not sure if that is the correct term for them (although I notice at least one other person refer to them as such), but they are those weblogs, apparently entirely bot created which do nothing other… Continue reading The rise of the spamblog