More election stuff

This survey is more detailed that whoshouldyouvotefor.com. The analysis of results is particularly impressive.

The Guardian is also hosting an election blog.

Who should you vote for?

This site seeks your views on a range of issues and then tells you which party best reflects your beliefs. Here are my results.

Who should I vote for?

Your expected outcome:

Labour

Your actual outcome:

Labour -18
Conservative -47
	Liberal Democrat 64
UK Independence Party -20
	Green 14

You should vote: Liberal Democrat

The LibDems take a strong stand against tax cuts and a strong one in favour of public services: they would make long-term residential care for the elderly free across the UK, and scrap university tuition fees. They are in favour of a ban on smoking in public places, but would relax laws on cannabis. They propose to change vehicle taxation to be based on usage rather than ownership.

Take the test at Who Should You Vote For

BBC - BBC TWO - Listings

To get some idea of Steve Earle the programme on Monday night on two and some live stuff from Cambridge after it should both be worth watching. The guy has got a great voice.

Death row blog

This is the first blog from someone on death row.

And I've completed my Kenya safari blog at last.

Spotted in Starbucks

Starbucks permits people to use computers in their cafes. But I don't think they meant your entire home computer system. I like their coffee but not everyone agrees.

Dire performance

I pretty much agree with Celtic Quick News analysis of yesterday's game. There was a lazy, arrogance about our performance. Anyway, the damage is done. Now we need seven straight wins. I don't think that the current bunch are capable of that. Let's hope that a new goalkeeper is on O'Neill's summer shopping list.

This week's TV highlights include two good movies. The Man with Two Brains is on tomorrow night (BBC1 at 11.45pm) and Vanilla Sky is on next Saturday (Channel 4 at 9.10pm). You get the chance to compare Hollywood's version of the movie with the original Spanish version (Friday, Channel 4 at 12.25am). Both movies are excellent although I preferred the US version.

Here [WMV] is the best description of golf that I've heard [NSFW].

Gore Vidal interview

"The media belongs to the big money, and the big money, their candidates, their party, is the Republican Party as now constituted. I'd say if you really want to date the crash of the American system, the American republic, it was in the early '50s, when television suddenly emerged as the central fact of American life. That which was not televised did not exist. Then you have the enormous cost of campaigning, which means every politician who wants to buy TV time has got to sell his ass to somebody. And corporate America is ready to buy."

I enjoy reading Gore Vidal and he was recently interviewed for CityPages. He also appeared on TV last night in "Why we fight" on BBC4 which has been described as the "Thinking man's Fahrenheit 9/11". Here's a radio interview with the producer.

Thomas Duignan

I'm just back from Romsey (near Southampton) where I attended a special service in memory of Thomas Duignan (Diggy's eldest brother) who died on 7 March. Tommy wasn't religious and didn't want a memorial service so the family created its own special service. He was a St Mirin's boy (a Dux) and a life-long Celtic fan - Bournemouth CFC put a message in this week's Celtic View in memory of him. He was a lovely guy and hugely popular. He will be badly missed by family (he leaves a wife and two daughters) and friends. I was priveleged to know him.

Thomas Duignan. Born 8 January 1944. Died 7 March 2005.

State of The Blogosphere

Some interesting stats on the growth of blogs. There are even awards. Pity they didn't have a Best Holiday Blog category.

Most efficient keyboard.