Tag Archives: rambling

Quality of life, suffering and decisions

Posted on 01/09/2010 by Alistair Rae

We have a cat.  He’s fifteen years old and has a lovely relaxed nature.  He loves being fussed, and sunning himself.  He’s a lot slower now than he used to be, but even in the spring he was able to … Continue reading →

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Electoral decisions – Who do I vote for?

Posted on 06/05/2010 by Alistair Rae

Everyone else is coming up with their ”endorsements”, so a few thoughts on what’s guided my voting decision. First, we vote for an individual, not a party and more specifically not a party leader.  I’m not sure what kind of … Continue reading →

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Reflections on homosexuality in the Armed Forces

Posted on 31/03/2010 by Alistair Rae

I read this article in the Independent yesterday, discussing the approach to homosexuality in the Foreign Office leading to the removal of the bar on employment in the 90s, and now to the civil partnership ceremony for a Foreign Office … Continue reading →

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Project 365 – Month 1, a reflection

Posted on 01/02/2010 by Alistair Rae

I posted previously on Project 365, an attempt to take a photograph every day and publish it.  My thinking at the time was that with the quality of phone cameras I could reasonably assume that I’d always now have a … Continue reading →

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Project 365 – What’s it all about

Posted on 05/01/2010 by Alistair Rae

I decided at the weekend to try Project 360 this year.  Taking a photograph every day, and publishing it.  It seems like quite a good discipline to get into, and we’ll see how it pans out.  Some are recording photos … Continue reading →

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Security and biometric collection in schools

Posted on 03/01/2010 by Alistair Rae

On the Blue Blog an article talks about fingerprinting and biometric collection in schools. The collection is used to then manage a number of services for pupils including catering and library usage.  There was quite a lot of commentary about … Continue reading →

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The basis

Posted on 24/09/2009 by Alistair Rae

So where am I going with this? I’m not entirely sure but we’ll see how it pans out. I’ve tried blogging before, but not sustained it, so I need to work out how to make this sustainable. Having better tools … Continue reading →

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