A river that needs crossing political and tech blogs – On the political side, there is arrogance and ignorance, on the geek side there is naivety and over- complexity My videos are on these two youtube channels visionontv 3,832,876 views and undercurrents 22,689,976 views
The 5 levels of gentrification
Published Date 8/16/14 11:05 PM The 5 levels of gentrification 1 – a poor area has a new transport link to mainstream society, interesting/creative people move in for the cheap rents and the real indigenous culture. 2 – the first enterprises open, islands in the indigenous normal, a second wave of interesting people arrive and…
The boaters with out moorings fight for survival
Published Date 8/12/14 12:47 AM This vibrant and healthy subculture is under considerable threat from gentrification being pushed by the neon-liberal agenda. Boaters with out moorings are largely liberation, which means they are a pushover for sustained bureaucracy, they will fight as individuals and drop away one by one sulking like children or retreating to…
Privatising moorings and public space
Published Date 7/9/14 4:13 PM The boating community in the UK is in a privileged position compared to many parts of our over controlled society, you can moor up and stay most places for free on a reasonably priced yearly licence. However this rare freedom is constantly under threat. The is an issue with privatisation…
Greenham – the making of a monument
The documentary features interviews with the women who started Greenham, and with politicians, critics and other participants in the camp. Educative and inspirational, it examines the rationale behind, and the power of the movement, together with the creation of the sculpture as a tribute and a reminder. She came from the Welsh valleys in response…
Basic solar power for lifeboat
Published Date 6/5/14 6:17 PM Here is a list of components to get basic solar power working on a converted liveabord lifeboat. Can get from here or here for about £130 each, will need two. Then you have a choices of 2 different type of charge controller, possibly unreliably but more efficient MPPT or a bog…
Summer 2014
Published Date 5/14/14 3:27 PM Am planing to do workshops on “journalism with the tool in your pocket” and “solar power for everyone” over the summer at protest camps, festivals and conferences. Am working with a number of other people to do this. But… the is generally a but… For the Solar workshops I have…