Monthly Archives: November 2008

How civilised

Posted on November 17, 2008 by nommo

I just saw this video which was referred to on Keith’s ‘Unsuitablog‘

I love this video – and it pretty much sums up why I feel so uncomfortable with the level of greenwash that we are subjected to on a daily … Continue reading →

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Give me your favourite quotes

Posted on November 16, 2008 by nommo

I have been using a great little WordPress plug-in called ‘Quotes Collection‘ on this blog – it’s great for grabbing those quotes you see popping up over the web and adding them to your blog. It is my favourite aspect … Continue reading →

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The girl effect

Posted on November 10, 2008 by nommo

I just saw this and was moved, no introduction needed really… even if it is ‘rooted’ in the work of the Nike Foundation… (time to put some sweat shop profits to good use?).

By Girleffect.org

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Twitter Updates for 2008-11-09

Posted on November 9, 2008 by nommo

now when i tweet – it changes my facebook status too #

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Twitter Updates for 2008-11-08

Posted on November 8, 2008 by nommo

has just installed twitter tools for wordpress.. look out twitterland! #
getting confused by SVN CLI while playing with wordpress-mu and buddypress #

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Mind the gap

Posted on November 8, 2008 by nommo

I am not the only one fretting about over-specialisation it seems. I was pointed to Sharon Astyk’s ‘Casaubon’s Book’ blog by this Eating the Seasons post, which mentioned the book Depletion and Abundance: Life on the New Home Front.
The post … Continue reading →

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