Updates To Date

This is a revised version of the previous 'Excuse us while we catch up', as that post included a tribute to the late, great Leonard Nimoy,  whereas the updates (and Mr Nimoy) are best with a dedicated page, so here it is.
There's a pattern quickly emerging, which seems to be that news swiftly follows my postings, so regular updates are needed !

Anti-Social Media' was so anti-social, it vanished !

My post (Nudge Nudge Wink Wink !) , was inspired by news of an impending clampdown by Google on blogs containing explicit material.
That clampdown was amended to a light spanking, and all's well that ends well (apart from the outrage I feel at having needlessly exposed my teenage secrets)...that said, I wonder if Google were simply following the adage "If you want a correct answer to something online, just post the wrong one and wait..."
Perhaps they realised that the very threat of censorship would have bloggers up in arms and creating lewd and salacious content in defense of free speech, thus generating lots of online 'traffic' - if so, well played, Google, you sly dogs!


In the post Kindergarten Konspiracy, I gave a thumbs up to those campaigning (in the U.S.) for Net Neutrality, and that was ultimately upheld by the FCC, so well done, freedom fighters - and boo hiss to the corporate Keepers of the Gateway (Verizon and Comcast) who sought to create a two lane virtual highway with broadband throttling for those who didn't pay more for their interweb.
Like most things in my blog, that's a gross over - simplification , but anyways...


Recent post Leaving Before The Rush, written on the sad passing of  author Terry Pratchett, is now an example of serendipity, in that I mentioned my first exposure to his work was book number 33 in the  Discworld series, Going Postal , and now, as an ongoing tribute to his genius, a line of code has been inserted into the headers of many web servers, as happened in that very book following the death of  John Dearheart, because: "A man is not dead whilst his name is still spoken".


This link is to the relevant article from The Guardian 


P.S.

The post 'Anti - Social Media' has been removed on the grounds that it is negative and pointless. Saying that, I have included a collage  (above)  I made for that post, which should give you an idea of what a 'bad trip' it was...

Further updates pending !