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another letter to my MP re: the digital economy bill

saul — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 17:06:40 +0000

Once again I find myself using the brilliant writetothem.com to show my displeasure at the Digital Economy Bill and how it is being pushed through the Parliamentary process.

I seem to be turning into ‘Angry from Sheffield’.

Dear Angela Smith,
You recently replied to my enquiry regarding the Digital Economy Bill stating that you “believe in appropriate scrutiny of all Parliamentary business and would not make decisions on legislation out of haste or speed”.

I am now writing to you to urge you to live up to this statement by showing your support for the Early Day Motion being put forward by your colleague Austin Mitchell. He, and many other MPs wish to ensure that this proposed legislation is properly scrutinised and considered before being passed into law.

The possibility of this Bill becoming law via the ‘smoke-filled-rooms’ of the wash-up fills me with dread that we may have to live with the legacy of a badly formed law for years to come.

I hope you recognise that proper scrutiny on this matter is of paramount importance and that you can stand by your previous statements,

Yours sincerely,

Saul Cozens

shameless plug for FOWA Dublin 2009

saulcozens — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 22:39:12 +0000

FOWA Dublin 2009

This is a shameless plug for FOWA Dublin 2009. By putting this logo on my blog, Carsonified say they might give me free tickets.

It’s shameless because I have no shame in promoting the FOWA events after attending and really enjoying FOWA London 2008.

page footers

saulcozens — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 08:54:19 +0000

I’ve been trying to align a HTML paragraph to the bottom right of its containing block element. Trickier than it sounds when you don’t know the height of the content.

So my friend (cheers again Martin) pointed me at this:

http://ryanfait.com/sticky-footer/

as a possible solution. I haven’t had a chance to work out if I can apply it to a

rather than the whole page yet!

fonts on different OSs

saulcozens — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 08:51:01 +0000

Ever wondered whether a specific font is installed on all operating systems. It keeps me awake at night wondering. I asked a friend and he gave me this lnk:

http://www.codestyle.org/css/font-family/sampler-CombinedResults.shtml

and told me to get a life.