http://blog.morti.org.uk Applications for taglines graciously accepted. Tue, 01 Jun 2010 23:41:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Well, sort of. It lives on with a new domain name and layout and whatnot. http://billhay.es/ Go there instead and update your RSS readers accordingly. Thanks for reading. http://blog.morti.org.uk/2010/06/02/this-blog-is-now-closed/ I just wanted to make a quick blog post to express my thoughts on the release of Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi, convicted murderer of 270 people. I must stress though that I don't know anybody who was affected by the tragedy and my understanding of the case is limited entirely to ... http://blog.morti.org.uk/2009/08/20/lockerbie-and-grace/ Have a read of this post from NHS Blog Doctor. He links to this story in which a nurse offered to pray for a patient and got suspended. Forgive the cliche but what is the world coming to? Apparently it's because the nurse was "failing to show a commitment to equality ... http://blog.morti.org.uk/2009/02/02/nurse-suspended-for-offering-to-pray-for-a-patient/ We are stubborn people, aren't we? It's okay to admit it, most of us are. We are all brought up in a society that has a certain set of moral values and, for no particular reason other than "it feels right" we are likely to hold to those our whole ... http://blog.morti.org.uk/2009/01/01/challenge-for-the-modern-christian/ ---------------------------------------------------------> WordPress database error. Doesn't seem to be causing any issues with the functionality of the site though. I'm trying to decide if I should get rid of it but after it's been there so long the blog would look odd without it.  http://blog.morti.org.uk/2008/11/27/look-over-there/ I wrote this post already. I'm writing it again and backing it up this time. Here we go. Cold isn't it? On my way home from university yesterday I took a bit of a long walk because I had to pick up some tender vittles on my way. I was wrapped ... http://blog.morti.org.uk/2008/11/25/do-we-have-free-will/ The smoking ban put into effect by the UK government this year has been a source of annoyance for me. I admit I enjoy the occasional smoke, not all the time but sometimes when I'm out. Yes, smoking indoors was nice, but to be honest I like the outside and ... http://blog.morti.org.uk/2007/10/24/the-uk-smoking-ban-a-new-solution/ Been a while since I've written here but that's largely because it's been a while since I've written anything of value. These days I am being impressed by the stupidity of my electricity and gas companies for different reasons. Nicely, at the moment at least, their failings are working in my ... http://blog.morti.org.uk/2007/09/23/how-i-got-paid-to-use-electricity/ I have Internet access right now, obviously. This post was written a while ago (and has been timestamped as such).  For years I have been trying different cheap ISPs in Canterbury. The first connection I set up here was, I believe, with PlusNet. They were cheap, but slow, unreliable and had poor customer ... http://blog.morti.org.uk/2007/01/10/why-i-like-eclipse-internet/ Planet Lazer and Studio 41 in Canterbury are coming under some danger at the moment, basically a planning application has been made to the council to tear it down and build a housing development on top of it. A phone call to a very helpful man at Planet Lazer revealed ... http://blog.morti.org.uk/2006/11/08/saving-planet-lazer-and-maybe-studio-41/