January notes on things
Unless one is a fanatical Scot, it’s impossible to read the whole torrent of comments on the new-found Scottish Question, so selection is unavoidable. Actually, it’s only necessary to read one blog post and...
Category: Computers
More nuisance from Quepasa: advice to delete its ‘invitations’
If you get an invitation seemingly from a friend or contact to join ‘Quepasa’, please take no action on it of any kind except to delete it. I’m sorry to say that the wretched...
“Quepasa”: an apology
I have unwittingly been instrumental in causing dozens, possibly hundreds, of innocent people, including some complete strangers, to receive messages purporting to contain invitations from me to become my “friend” on a website called...
[Internet connection down for a few days] PS Restored already!
Update, a.m. Friday 26 March: We are back online earlier than expected. It turned out that Virgin Media cable broadband (and cable television) had gone down throughout almost the whole of south London, so...
No more Ephems for a while… (with update 8/2/2010)
In a fit of absent-mindedness (aka sheer stupidity) I have just opened a seriously infected file (sent to me via Skype with a message purporting to come from a reliable Skype contact) which has...
Classical music and an online revolution
It looks as if YouTube and its owner, Google, may have come up with a revolutionary new idea that could save classical music from extinction in the digital internet age. If you have ever...
Ephems has a facelift
Thanks to my trusty filial Webmeister-in-Chief, Website and Blog Manager, Ephems has had another major makeover. It’s now even more closely integrated with its parent website and the very useful ‘Search’ facility at the...
International relations: a website for students — and others
A new website for students’ essays on international affairs and for comments by more established writers is a useful new resource [More >>>]