July 26th, 2007 at 5:11 am » Comments (0)

I have linked to quite a few Malaysian bloggers in the past, and some have linked back, so when I discovered how the government over there is once more cracking ...more »

July 24th, 2007 at 12:50 am » Comments (3)

Just caught this report over on the BBC World news channel. Apparently the American government and GreenPeace (for differring reasons) is not very happy at the prospect of KazAtomProm (the Kazakh ...more »

July 24th, 2007 at 12:42 am » Comments (1)

BP has asked bloggers to help put forth their point of view, over the recent debacle started by the Chicacgo Tribune with its recent article on the chemicals being placed ...more »

July 18th, 2007 at 9:39 am » Comments (0)

My last job in Britain, before leaving for Kazakhstan would have ended 4 days after I emigrated anyway, but it appears that some of the staff whose roles took over ...more »

July 15th, 2007 at 2:14 am » Comments (0)

I read about this over at a FoxNews page (I tried to find a less objectionable site to link to, but, right now at least, this article was the best ...more »

June 18th, 2007 at 12:22 am » Comments (2)

Whilst browsing through the PayPerPost forums, someone linked to their blog (Call Me When You Get There), which caught my attention, as this is the sort of thing Ira often ...more »

June 16th, 2007 at 12:53 am » Comments (0)

Militants in Cornwall (where my brother attends university) have issued a statement warning two celebrity chefs that their businesses are at risk. There is history of rebellion in Cornwall, reaching back ...more »

June 13th, 2007 at 9:02 pm » Comments (5)

Following on from the damning report that Privacy International released, and similar concerns from Article 29 (an EU based advisory body), Google has now cut the length of time that ...more »

June 13th, 2007 at 2:35 am » Comments (3)

If anyone else in Kazakhstan reads this, could you do me a favour? Try and visit news.google.com and let me know if it works for you. I can't currently access ...more »

June 11th, 2007 at 10:30 pm » Comments (1)

or more specifically the privacy and security of your data. Privacy International have rated Google as 'hostile' in their survey of web-based companies deal with data from their users. PI stated that ...more »

June 7th, 2007 at 5:40 pm » Comments (0)

In some countries, it can be very difficult to discover information about your politicians, especially without raising the attention of the security services. In other countries, a certain amount of ...more »

June 4th, 2007 at 9:00 pm » Comments (0)

Following on from my earlier posting regarding people finding images that interested them via Google Maps, somebody is not happy with level of detail possible in Google's eye level view ...more »

June 2nd, 2007 at 10:56 am » Comments (1)

The Guardian blog has an entry regarding the ongoing saga of the BBC Panorama's report on the dangers of WiFi radio signals, especially in children, whose brains are still developing. ...more »

May 30th, 2007 at 12:32 am » Comments (4)

OK, I have to admit, I have read about this nightmare scenario before, but I had not realised that some Koreans take it very seriously... What am I talking about? The ...more »

May 29th, 2007 at 2:20 am » Comments (0)

A couple of friends in Britain sent me links to some interesting articles on the recent events in Kazakhstan, from the BBC. They are quite similar, and the articles are ...more »

May 27th, 2007 at 9:09 am » Comments (0)

The BBC has reported that the UK government is looking at introducing new stop and quiz powers for the police. Although not as controversial as the stop and search issue, ...more »

May 23rd, 2007 at 1:50 am » Comments (0)

It looks like someone went ahead and ran with an idea without actually figuring out just some of the consequences... The idea is that Police can use the RC helicopter to ...more »

May 16th, 2007 at 3:45 am » Comments (0)

I thought I'd already linked to KZBlog's article on the case of a business man who was abducted and beaten, allegedly by a well known figure in Kazakh politics, but ...more »

May 11th, 2007 at 9:58 pm » Comments (0)

Following on from the earlier ultrasonic sound waves, here we have technology that is designed to count just how many people are looking at a certain object. Useful for gauging ...more »

May 8th, 2007 at 6:06 pm » Comments (0)

I've recently discovered a site that makes an outstanding claim - that Atlantis Was a Real Place, the Americas! Unlike many sites that have 'out there' ideas proposed, this particular site ...more »