The blog of Dave Cole » From the web http://www.davecole.org/blog Just another WordPress site Sun, 01 May 2011 00:54:49 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 The Iraq inquiry: Dave on Al Jazeera http://www.davecole.org/blog/2009/11/25/the-iraq-inquiry-dave-on-al-jazeera/ http://www.davecole.org/blog/2009/11/25/the-iraq-inquiry-dave-on-al-jazeera/#comments Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:23:50 +0000 Dave http://davecole.org/blog/?p=1995

]]> http://www.davecole.org/blog/2009/11/25/the-iraq-inquiry-dave-on-al-jazeera/feed/ 0 #Facebook are being silly again http://www.davecole.org/blog/2009/11/24/facebook-are-being-silly-again/ http://www.davecole.org/blog/2009/11/24/facebook-are-being-silly-again/#comments Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:30:36 +0000 Dave http://davecole.org/blog/?p=1993 On Friday, Facebook will start using your photos in ads that will appear on the profile page of your contacts. It’s legal and is mentioned in the fine print when you create your account. If you want to prevent this from happening, do the following: Settings, Privacy Settings, News Feed and Wall. Then Facebook Ads, choose “No One” and save changes. Copy this and use in a status update.

H/T Alex Hochuli.

xD.

]]> http://www.davecole.org/blog/2009/11/24/facebook-are-being-silly-again/feed/ 2 An instructive example of excellent blogging http://www.davecole.org/blog/2009/11/20/an-instructive-example-of-excellent-blogging/ http://www.davecole.org/blog/2009/11/20/an-instructive-example-of-excellent-blogging/#comments Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:43:25 +0000 Dave http://davecole.org/blog/?p=1969 From Jack of Kent – Paul Clarke: an anatomy of injustice.

Jack of Kent does something very interesting in this lucid explanation of the situation. He shows that it is possible to agree with the initial reaction of the masses, even so the masses are so uninformed that their opinions are of little to no value. He also shows how complicated the operation of the state is.

xD.

]]> http://www.davecole.org/blog/2009/11/20/an-instructive-example-of-excellent-blogging/feed/ 0 86-year-old WWII vet on gay marriage: "What do you think I fought for in Omaha Beach?" http://www.davecole.org/blog/2009/10/23/86-year-old-wwii-vet-on-gay-marriage-what-do-you-think-i-fought-for-in-omaha-beach/ http://www.davecole.org/blog/2009/10/23/86-year-old-wwii-vet-on-gay-marriage-what-do-you-think-i-fought-for-in-omaha-beach/#comments Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:31:55 +0000 Dave http://davecole.org/blog/?p=1865

xD.

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A tip of the hat to Bloggerheads and Rather Good.

xD.

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Sail your ship round to talklikeapirate.com.

Yaaar!

xD.

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I have a webcam for Skype calls, so I thought I’d use it to make a response on YouTube to one of his dafter videos.

His original:

My response:

Not too bad for a first go, if I do say so myself.

xD.

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By Halas & Batchelor from the fascinating collection of British Government Public Information Films at archive.org.

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xD.

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