Category Archives: Government

Yes to AV

Posted on May 5, 2011 by Matthew Wilcoxson

Today’s the day we find out of Britain is the sensible country it believes it to be, or one controlled by unbelievable scare stories. Yes, it’s a referendum, this one about the “Alternative Vote” voting (AV) over the “First past … Continue reading →

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PhpGedView, SourceForge and the US Government

Posted on January 31, 2011 by Matthew Wilcoxson

I originally installed PhpGedView back in 2007. It’s an open source and free web program for managing family trees and based on the universal Gedcom file format commonly used in many genealogical websites and applications. I’ve been using it on … Continue reading →

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The Forestry Commission, OpenData and Ordnance Survey

Posted on January 29, 2011 by Matthew Wilcoxson

At the start of the week I decided to try to collect some information together regarding the Forestry Commissions’ owned woodland and map that data so we can see the scale and find out which ones are locally owned. (Jump … Continue reading →

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The Own Art scheme

Posted on December 9, 2009 by Matthew Wilcoxson

Here’s a really nice way to buy some prised pieces of art – be it anything from paintings to pottery. It’s a scheme run by the Arts Council in England (And therefore only available in England – sorry world.) They … Continue reading →

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Response to Turing e-petition

Posted on September 11, 2009 by Matthew Wilcoxson

I’m actually quite impressed by the Prime Minister’s response to the Turing e-petition. Quite often it’s just the normal government spiel. Alan Turing was one of the key men in the second world War and a great mathematician (and one … Continue reading →

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