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PHP DOMNode -> setAttribute() max-width confusion
While adding some custom code into Mahara, I came across what seems like a very odd PHP bug today, so odd that I put it down to user error, but just can’t seem to find what the user error is! Imagine the code below with some embed code from youtube or picasa as the value…
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Pirates and Protecting Personal Privacy (a response)
As one of the Pirate Party members present for the excellent DEAPPG meeting (thank you!), I’ll try and respond to some of your comments Eric. I will emphasise however that my comments do not necessarily represent anyone else in the Party nor the Party itself 😀 I’m glad you were intrigued by us. I am…
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One year anniversary
As of posting this, I have been a paid up member of the Pirate Party UK for a year. It has been a rather busy year, and so much has happened both personally and for the party. I’ve stood for and achieved uncontested victory as the RAO for the South East. I have also stood…
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Policy discussion forums, open or closed?
When the PPUK’s policy discussion forums were closed I was aware of it, but as a paid-up member not really affected by it. At least that’s what I thought. I should also confess that I didn’t pay any attention to the debate surround the issue before or after the decision was made, and have blissfully…
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Dogfooding STV and the Board of Governors
The Pirate Party UK recently held elections for their Board of Governors, and with 12 seats up for grabs the fairest and most logical voting method to use was a Single Transferable Vote using the Electoral Reform Society’s 1997 guidelines. The ‘dog food’ of the blog title refers to using the same tools and technologies…
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Date of the AV referendum
David Cameron has been urged to rethink plans for holding a referendum on voting reform at the same time as the Scottish Parliamentary election. Scotland’s First Minister Alex Salmond said in a letter to the prime minister that holding the votes on the same day could “overshadow” devolved issues. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/10586076.stm To be honest, if the…
