flourish.org
Part 1: Why did PledgeBank fail when GroupOn and Kickstarter flew? : Francis Irving
https://www.flourish.org/blog/2012/01/part-1-why-did-pledgebank-fail-when-groupon-and-kickstarter-flew
Part 1: Why did PledgeBank fail when GroupOn and Kickstarter flew? Part 1: Why did PledgeBank fail when GroupOn and Kickstarter flew? 8220;I’ll do X but only if N other people will do Y”. A cafe in Holborn. 2003. A secret meeting. James Cronin and Tom Loosemore, who’d made the genius does-what-it-says-on-the-tin FaxYourMP, bought me coffee and changed my world. Wow, there’s actually. Who think computers can revolutionise democracy! Go and read the original proposal. The reason I liked PledgeBank was, in ...
matthewblo.ch
Let the rich go, there’ll be more along soon | Matthew Bloch
http://matthewblo.ch/64/let-the-rich-go
Skip to primary content. Skip to secondary content. Let the rich go, there’ll be more along soon. December 27, 2011. But this year 38 Degrees. Have genuinely swayed UK politics, supported in their anti-tax-dodging campaigns by the investigative work of Private Eye. UKUncut’s work has got the Eye’s 2009 story about Vodafone’s 6bn tax dodge onto the front page of the Daily Mail. And the total amount of unpaid tax from corporations estimated to be 25bn. It seems a. Suddenly it seems hugely important that ou...
blog.publicwhip.org.uk
Advertisements | The Public Whip Blog
http://blog.publicwhip.org.uk/2012/04/advertisements
The Public Whip Blog. The official blog of the Public Whip project. Skip to primary content. April 25, 2012. As you can see, we’re currently trailing advertisements on the Public Whip website. These advertisements, currently powered by Google Adsense, will be kept to a minimum and are just intended to try and fund the development and hosting of Public Whip. For the last 6 months or so, Bairwell Ltd. Hence the advertisements to try and raise funds. But we were unable to find backers. April 26, 2012 at 2:0...
blog.publicwhip.org.uk
Switching from Advertising to Donations | The Public Whip Blog
http://blog.publicwhip.org.uk/2012/05/switching-from-advertising-to-donations
The Public Whip Blog. The official blog of the Public Whip project. Skip to primary content. Switching from Advertising to Donations. May 27, 2012. Based on the feedback we’ve received, we’ve decided to drop the Google Adsense from the Public Whip website. Of the 52,142 advert views we had in just over a month, the income from the site was just £19.32. These funds have been transferred to the new donation scheme]. And we’re asking for your help and your donations! Better designed/easier to use. Send us a...
rixort.com
Rixort - Tips - Shortcut arrows
http://www.rixort.com/tips/shortcut-arrows.php
Get rid of those annoying little arrows on Windows desktop shortcuts. In order to use this tip, I assume that you are familiar with creating shortcuts in some flavour of Windows from 95 onwards. I also assume that you know how to edit the registry and are aware of this dangers that this entails should you make a mistake. Make sure that you backup the registry. Trying out this tip. If you don't know how to do this then you shouldn't try to use this tip until you do. Expand the tree called.
observationdome.org
Observation Dome: I don't like spam, etc
http://www.observationdome.org/blog/2006/june/21-0039.php
I don't like spam, etc. 21-06-06 @ 00:39 / 2 Comments. Just to let you all know that I've whacked up the spam controls here, as we're being fucking inundated at the moment. Don't worry if your comment doesn't appear immediately - I'll approve them. If you want your comment to appear immediately, consider using Typekey. I don't know if you're already using it or not, but I've just switched to Akismet. On 21-06-06 @ 08:40. I knew about Askimet, but I didn't know there was a plugin for MT. Three Of A Kind.
rixort.com
Rixort - Code
http://www.rixort.com/code
Whenever I write a piece of code that I feel could be useful to other people (i.e. it isn't tied to one particular project that I'm working on), I'll post it here so anyone can use it, provided that they acknowledge where it originated. Generate random strings quickly and easily in Visual Basic. Simple but effective one-way encryption in Visual Basic.
rixort.com
Rixort - Security
http://www.rixort.com/security
PhpBB card moderation system. Advisory regarding security hole in this mod pack for phpBB. The flaw allows anyone to ban/unban any users apart from admins. (04/08/2002).
blog.dave.org.uk
Chuggers - Davblog
http://blog.dave.org.uk/2011/01/chuggers.html
In which someone you've never heard of writes about things you have no interest in. Earlier this week, I was stopped by a chugger in Richmond. We see a lot of chuggers in Richmond. I suppose that the charities see it as an area that still has a lot of disposable income. Usually I have my earphones in so they ignore me, but this was at lunch when I’d just popped out for a sandwich so I was easy prey. Pointed me at this report from Newnight. It turns out that many charities pay around 100 for each person w...
