Sussex Playwrights have announced the winner of the 2016-17 Constance Cox Prize Playwriting Competition. The Winners First : ‘The Teaswell Incident’ by John Dutton Prize £150 This play will receive a studio recording by TBC Audio Second: ‘Storm in a League Cup’ by Simon Josiffe Prize £75 Third: ‘Rock and Chips’ by David Weir Prize … Continue reading
• Amazon joins in on killing Flash, stops accepting Flash ads (Geek.com) • Internet freedom is actively dissolving in America (OSnews.com) • Surgeon practices heart surgery using Google Cardboard before saving girl’s life (Geek.com) • Backdoors embedded in Juniper Firewalls (OSnews.com) • Target sells PS4 box containing only a block of wood (Geek.com) • Bluetooth … Continue reading
Knights of the Ikea Table, by Hippie Peace Freaks with Sarah Bott
• Behold Dismaland: Inside Banksy’s Disneyland-inspired theme park (Mashable) • Amazon joins in on killing Flash, stops accepting Flash ads (Geek.com) • You can now shoot crappy video (on purpose) with the new VHS Camcorder app • Lawyer demands trial by combat in New York court case (Geek.com) • An ‘artificial leaf’ could one day … Continue reading
• James Patterson releases the ‘world’s first’ self-destructing book • Golden Retriever can’t get enough of cute puppy videos • Bahraini activist sentenced to 6 months in jail for one tweet • Would you trust Facebook for your work? • How Verizon and Turn defeat browser privacy protections • UK prime minister Cameron wants to … Continue reading
Another circuit around the Sun completed, and we wish a happy New Year to all our readers, followers and casual visitors. Thanks for staying with us. May you have a happy and successful 2015. The Editors Image credit: christmasstockings.com/Creative Commons Google Images
Our esteemed colleagues over at TalkTalk issued a cunningly un-disguised sales pitch for one of their products recently; it’s on a protected link, so feel free to ignore that! What was more useful was the advice in the sidebar for staying safe on-line over the coming holiday season. Six things you can do: Avoid buying … Continue reading
The independent magazine for the Ubuntu Linux community This month: Command & Conquer How-To : Minimal Ubuntu Install, LibreOffice, and GRUB2. Graphics : Blender and Inkscape. Linux Labs: Ripping DVDs with Handdrake, and Compiling a Kernel Arduino plus: Q&A, Security, Ubuntu Games, and soooo much more. ALSO: Don’t forget to search for ‘full circle magazine’ on Google Play/Books. … Continue reading
• Journalist Claims to Find Islamic State Training Camp Using Google (Mashable) • Most smartphone users download zero apps per month (OS News) • More Than 1,000 Businesses Hit by Same Cyber Attack as Target (Mashable) • Can smartphones break out of their rut? (OS News) • What Role Do Personality Tests Play in the … Continue reading
Originally posted as: But WHAT CAN BE DONE: Dos and Don’ts To Combat Online Sexism by Leigh Alexander You may notice that a lot of things happen to do with sexism on the internet. Sometimes someone has done a sexist thing and people are talking about it. Sometimes someone has written an article about the … Continue reading
Everything Express quietly went on Summer recess this week as the team went out and about to events and conferences; LonCon3 and Fightcamp. Fortunately everyone came back alive (although Mr Smithie is still AWOL somewhere in the sunshine).