Pirate Party

Howto access the Pirate Bay if you're on Virgin Media, Sky, BT, TalkTalk, Be, Plusnet, O2, Orange or T-Mobile

3 May 2012

As you may have noticed, Virgin Media, Sky, TalkTalk, Virgin Media, O2, Be, Plusnet, Post Office broadband, Orange and T-Mobile and others block The Pirate Bay these days because of a BPI order. Why are they being blocked? The BPI – the music industry body – ordered the block in the high court. Now the […]

CCDP: TL;DR – A quick summary

8 April 2012

As Andy Robinson, the founder of the Pirate Party said: "This story looked for all the world like an April Fool's joke: Labour's plan for a massive surveillance programme that would dwarf anything dreamed up by the KGB, brought back to life by its opponents?" You may not have heard but the Tory and Libdem […]

Does anyone else think you're a prick?

8 April 2012

First they came for the pricks, but I didn't speak up because I wasn't a prick. Then they came for the knobs, but I didn't speak up because I wasn't a knob. Then they came for the tits, but I didn't speak up because I wasn't a tit. Then they came for the arseholes, but […]

Netroots: a look back

6 April 2012

A few weeks ago, I went along to Netroots UK – North West, a gathering of progressive types with a focus on grassroots online activism. It was a lot more interesting that I expected. I didn't have any idea what to expect and it turned out to be a mix of workshops and talks from […]

Please help kill ACTA on Saturday

9 February 2012

You may remember that a few weeks ago there a big outcry because Wikipedia blacked out for the day because of a proposed American law called SOPA which, due to the US's federal influence on the internet, would have had a chilling effect on websites you use everyday – Wikipedia, Facebook, Twitter, Youtube would have […]

The Pirates: Just a political party for a certain age group in Sweden?

4 February 2012

At Learning Without Frontiers Conference, Keri Facer, Professor of Education, Manchester Metropolitan University said: …in Sweden we have the first political party, that, if you like, is allying itself with a particular age group – the Pirate Party. I don't think this is true. I mean sure, in Sweden there's a political party called the […]

Bright New Future for UK ICT Classes?

11 January 2012

In response to School ICT to be replaced by computer science programme and Michael Gove to scrap 'boring' IT lessons I'm very pleased with Michael Gove's announcement on scrapping the existing 'Information and Communication Technology' curriculum. I think this is a great  step forward for young people and technology, and has the potential to increase […]

Tim jumps

29 October 2011

Marek, in his infinite wisdom, is somewhat responsible for inspiring me to do this: httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=o6CAdhJI0qY Tim Jumps

Pirate Party Germany Scores Historic Win

19 September 2011

Originally posted on the Pirate Party website. Tim Dobson – Pirate Party UK Education Spokesperson: On Sunday I was in Germany watching the Pirate Party movement making history again. The Pirate Party entered the Berlin State Parliament, gaining 14 seats after polling almost 9% of the vote. At the same time the liberal FDP, a […]

A moment from the PiratenPartei campaign in Berlin

16 September 2011

I have spent all day with the German Pirate Party campaigning, in Berlin. This is a moment towards the end of the day when we walked up to a SDP campaign point and started talking to all the people they tried to flyer. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJnL5yrjNWQ A moment from the PiratenPartei campaign in Berlin Music from Mikuláš […]

An Englishman in a Pirates' Berlin

15 September 2011

Today I am in Berlin. Capital of Germany, and according to polls, soon to be one of the latest homes of the Pirate Party. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=rQmAma8rj1E Almost as soon as I stepped out of the train station, I started noticing the distinct Pirate flag logo on the posters attached to lamp posts. Outside Sweden the German […]

If Prof. Brian Cox can make understanding physics cool, how can we do the same for technology & IT?

11 September 2011

Three weeks ago, I posted on twitter and reddit: If Prof. Brian Cox can make understanding physics cool, how can we do the same for technology & IT? I had an interesting conversation with James Cun. We both agreed that Cox's personality had made physics more appealing to younger generations. We touched at previous attempts […]