Euro(sceptic)vision

This week’s B3ta challenge “How to re-elect the Tories” is turning out quite amusing (mind you, they always tend to). Dave loves MySpace and the interwebnet apparently, so I hope he is listening to some of the excellent freebie think-tankery on offer. Here’s my suggestion. Visit the rest at http://www.b3ta.com/challenge/tories/

Not a lot of people (want you to) know that!

Amnesty are getting all new media at the moment, joining the NUJ in dissing Yahoo! for their cynical dobbing in of a Chinese dissident journalist, and now running a very clever campaign to disseminate bits of info that some authority somewhere has censored. You got a blog? Marvellous. Bung a snippet of code onto it …

Aunt Jemima lies to you

I’ve just been in the States, which I’ve thoroughly enjoyed, but which did get me wondering about the collective self-respect of the nation. Exhibit A: Auntie Jemima’s Butter Rich Syrup, which I had on my rather large breakfast waffle. Now the label for this is quite illuminating – The “Butter rich” slogan in big letters …

Let’s do it in the road

Come for a stroll in Central London. Yes, once they stop the traffic for the annual May Day march it becomes quite a nice place. So grab your placard & we’ll see you in Clerkenwell Green on May 1. In the meantime, get stuck into this Virtual May Day march.

Beat the clock! 24/02/06

Yes, it’s that time of year again! Now I have a very understanding employer and though I do have to put in a lot of hours at some points in the year, I manage to manage them pretty well overall (still committed to what I do, but not the workaholic I used to be!), but …

Things you thought you’d never say

“I’m voting for George Galloway”. Admittedly I have context on my side here in that he’s up for eviction in Big Brother, and I’d like to see him off our screens for a bit. The papers are full of letters from his consituents, complaining that by going on telly, he’s drawing his MP’s salary and …

Working like a dog

A cute new flash animation from Doghorse and Eclectech – No puppies were harmed in the making of this piece (I hope). It’s a cruel world where even the Andrex puppy can’t go to the loo! Update 29 Sep 05: And another, this one for the bookies’ union, Community. Probably not very relevant if you …

Vote Eno

Brian Eno is also very concerned about our dodgy voting system, and is using MySociety’s swanky new PledgeBank to recruit fellow supporters to MVC’s campaign. He wants you to join him in his recruiting efforts, and has started a pledge that you can join online. Sign Brian’s pledge here. It’s also worth checking out PledgeBank …