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Alison Hawke

Alison Hawke

Under scrutiny

Big Brother in Britain: Does more surveillance work? Link from FuturePundit, who has some excellent analysis, links, and quotes about CCTV and crime. These quotes are from the original article in the Christian Science Monitor: [Closed Circuit TV] has become popular and widespread, with the result that Britons are by

Microbes

Give your boss an ulcer! Or see what's really in your beer and bread. How can you not love these things! Thinkgeek has some, and Giant Microbes is the original source. Someone give me a cold, I promise to look after it!

Blogger Idol picks

These are my top picks for Blogger Idol week four, on the theme "Oops!" * Seasons of Violet * What in Tarnation? * ireneQ * Ian's Messy Desk

Blogger Idol week 4 - Oops!

(OK, I skipped weeks two and three, but I'm back on track now.) The Oops! school of cookery Anyone can be a jolly good cook. The recipe is simple: one bushel of ability to bluff, and a good supply of cheese sandwiches. Every potential culinary disaster is an

Oddities

There was about 2 inches of powdery snow on my car Thursday morning. Going to work, I ended up behind a BMW 745i, probably this year's model. It was covered in snow, all the driver did was turn on the wipers and clear a small square in the

Date-iversary

Today is the tenth anniversary of my first date with Hubby. He sent me ten red roses. I love him!

Knit monster

I learned to knit when I was about seven, on green plastic needles using blue wool to make a scarf for one of my toys, a small puppy with floppy ears. Having just completed a sock, I'm looking to do more. The About.com sock knitting patterns index

Miscellany

Got sick, got better, got sick again, am still sick. Snow on ground, freezing cold office, ice in the air, no sunlight for days on end, temperature below freezing most of the week. Right now 110F/43C heat and wet-blanket humidity of summer sound wonderful. Pictures of London as

Disconnect

Turn off, log out, shut down. A tech veteran is boldly going where few of his friends and colleagues dare follow - he has cut his links to cyberspace and hit the road to find out more about life on the other side of the Digital Divide. For the past 20

Holey socks Batman!

Confession time: I knit. Not only that, I'm going to teach someone else to knit, starting with a scarf. Tonight I started on my first ever handknitted sock, and it's hard! The four needles are tiny, the wool is like red dental floss, and I seem

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