To my American friends. If the Madness of King Donald III gets too much and you feel you're being taxed without representation, you're very welcome to rejoin the colonies as we leave Europe.
Ware
Ware SG12, UK
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Here’s The Thing With Ad Blocker detection code.
I get it: Ads aren’t what I'm here for. But ads help the site keep the lights on. So, I've added your site to my ad blocker’s whitelist.
So why are you still showing me the adblocker warning message and preventing me from reading your content?
Could it be because I've got doubleclick in my /etc/hosts file pointing at localhost because I don't particularly want doubleclick and google tracking everything I do, everywhere on the web. Can't your adblocker detection code tell the difference?
Oh well. That's another site I'll try and remember not to click through to.
So what do the common adblocker detection libraries actually look for?
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UK Gov transport just got pwned again by a bunch of graphic designers doing a Banksy.
"Are they wearing a big coat to hide something?"
"See It, Say It, Sorted"
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-national-rail-security-campaign-starts-today-see-it-say-it-sorted
I think what you have is a bunch of middle management on both sides (gov and agency) going through the motions. Employing designers who can't resist making it just slightly tongue in cheek. After a bunch of meetings involving powerpoint and chocolate biscuits, somebody who doesn't really know what they're doing signs off on it. The next thing you know, the marketing department have organised a photo opportunity for a Minister, A Senior Policeman and a Senior Railway executive to launch the campaign.
Meanwhile, the designer is in a trendy bar, eating sliders, laughing to his friends about his latest ridiculous commission. And his bosses treat themselves to a board meeting in the OXO tower to celebrate how much money they made out of the campaign.
This modern world, eh!
Reminds me of TFL's "Secure beneath the watchful eyes" campaign and the "Don't rely on others, if you suspect it report it" anti-terrorist posters of a couple of years ago. "Suspicious activity can include: Someone noticeably behaving differently for no obvious reason".
Who are you looking at?

Handyman, Pest controller, Derek "Del Boy" Trotter? Report him. He's probably up to no good.

Hawkwind had it right. "Think only of yourself".
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I've got one of these frame locks, am happy with it and now I want to buy another one (UK). But I'm drawing a blank from all the usual sources, like Amazon, eBay, Evans, etc. I'm even having trouble sourcing one from Germany/France.
It must be the LH NKR variant that is screw mounted and allows the key to be removed. I'd prefer black but would accept black-silver.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/ABUS-Bicycle-Lock-4850-Black/dp/B001BADNJ8
https://www.abus.com/uk/Mobile-Security/Bike-Safety-and-Security/Locks/Frame-Locks/Amparo-4850-Black
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Farr is a boutique electronic dance festival on July 13-14-15. Near Baldock on the A1, 30 miles north of London. Think 3 nights of clubbing rather than a "festival" festival with some well known House and Techno names.
I've got access again to a limited number of tickets at the "Super Early Bird" price of £75+£6 instead of the regular £90. Available at the link below.
https://tickets.farrfestival.co.uk/rep/jbond-farr-2017
http://www.farrfestival.co.uk/
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Don't eat the seed corn.
We're going to need all the fossil fuel that's left to create a world where we don't need it any more.
Discuss.
http://cassandralegacy.blogspot.co.uk/2016/09/the-sowers-way-some-comments.html
The Sower's Way: some comments »
Image: sower by Vincent Van Gogh The publication of the paper "The Sower's way: Quantifying the Narrowing Net-Energy Pathways to a Global Energy Transition" by Sgouridis, Csala, and Bardi, has generated some debate on the "Ca...
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