tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52720652024-02-28T08:43:49.449+00:00John Bibby BlogWatch this space!John Bibbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12197355989117081384noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5272065.post-33656708776687083902009-08-25T12:08:00.003+01:002009-08-25T12:16:46.226+01:0010 tips for Zengineers <!-- @page { margin: 2cm } P { margin-bottom: 0.21cm } A:link { so-language: zxx } --> (Adapted from an email I received - from www.PresentationZen.com
(These rules themselves are over-complicated and need simplifying.)
Below are 10 things (plus a bonus tip) learned from designers over the years. When I speak around the world I often put up a slide that asks people to make as many John Bibbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12197355989117081384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5272065.post-52360251362719732262009-06-22T10:58:00.003+01:002009-06-22T11:10:37.796+01:00What is "the Jewish State"?The Jewish people have a peculiar history with its own tragic mixture of oppression and glory. One outcome of this is the present State of Israel, and the state of the Middle East.Central to today's discourse is the notion of the "Jewish State", which Palestinians are warned to embrace (e.g. recently by Netanyahu), or face the consequences. But what is this Jewish State? And why is the Jewish John Bibbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12197355989117081384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5272065.post-60384500027468924782009-06-18T15:06:00.003+01:002009-06-22T10:55:40.353+01:00Blair & MP’s Expenses – a diversionary tactic?<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]--><!--[if !mso]> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } <![endif]--> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Wingdings; panose-1:5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0; mso-font-charset:2; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:John Bibbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12197355989117081384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5272065.post-20226161487732773752009-06-15T13:54:00.004+01:002009-06-15T17:42:36.279+01:00Netanyahu's speechMost leaders cannot be taken at face value, and Netanyahu least of all. But could a Palestinian group steal his thunder by saying something along the following lines ... ?"Prime Minister Netanyahu's speech raised many detailed points with which we cannot agree. However in the spirit of peace and compromise proposed by Netanyahu, we wish to accept the following points.We accept the need for a John Bibbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12197355989117081384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5272065.post-61946387317312290452009-05-26T02:30:00.005+01:002009-05-26T03:00:50.163+01:00de-Murgatroyding SocietyJust found my friend Steve Murgatroyd's blog. I knew him when he was a grumpy young man, while now .....His main preoccupations seem to be:short skirtsGordon Brownglobal warmingshort skirts.As far as I can see, he doesn't believe in any of them (except the fifth).Steve's good on numeracy though. Not for nothing was he the crap-filter for our epoch-making Open University statistics course - John Bibbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12197355989117081384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5272065.post-5072848312980811982009-05-19T21:41:00.004+01:002009-05-19T21:44:06.416+01:00Vince Cable for King!(My small contribution to the dancing in the streets at the York Press website, in response to the departure of Speaker Martin): A previous contributor said that "Gorbals Mick has been a disaster since Day 1"I don't think it's true that he has been a disaster from Day 1 (also, I don't think he shd be called "Gorbals Mick", as he has specifically said he does not like the condescending tag). But IJohn Bibbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12197355989117081384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5272065.post-9446796710322306552009-05-18T21:42:00.003+01:002009-05-26T03:01:55.661+01:00“To the Tower!” – but meanwhile, please get on with running the country<!--[endif]--> It looks like Speaker Martin’s time is up. “Off with his head!” came the cry from scoundrels of all colours in the Commons today – as well as a few honest men. It seems that Speaker Mick makes his own rules, which includes ruling out of order the motion that could have unseated him. In this he is assisted by three men in gowns and wigs, who clerk in front of him and John Bibbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12197355989117081384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5272065.post-57636595061480526282009-05-13T11:11:00.001+01:002009-05-19T21:44:38.324+01:00MPs expenses and Saint Vince CableMany years ago Saint Vince Cable started reporting his expense claims on his website. At the very least I think we should ask our MPs to do this.Kelvin Hopkins MP claims under £2000 per year, I understand. Good for the left-wingers!York's local Tory says he needs two homes. But I like many others have had to spend a lot of time in London for their work. I don't expect to have a second home - John Bibbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12197355989117081384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5272065.post-17158891141991110412009-04-19T09:48:00.000+01:002009-04-19T09:51:00.540+01:00The birth of IsraelIsrael is a totemic visioncreated from a murderous dialecticbetween utopia and hell -Born out of crisis,A child of Euro-fascism.John Bibbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12197355989117081384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5272065.post-21321307645844644172009-04-19T09:27:00.001+01:002009-05-06T15:24:47.684+01:00Gaza - Church, press and people are now looking the other way. But the blockade goes on.Had an amazing meeting to finish off York's 100-Day 'Fast for Gaza' last night. Our Guest of Honour was Waqar from Sheffield. He's been all the way to Gaza but had never been to York before!Waqar gave us a blow-by-blow account of the journey from Sheffield to Gaza - and his own personal journey in what must John Bibbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12197355989117081384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5272065.post-12321595747011573752009-04-16T11:44:00.000+01:002009-04-16T13:06:43.502+01:00Links relating to 100-day Gaza Fast (York Minster) The Press (York)York Minster statementYork Green PartyJonathan Cainer, Daily Mail astrologer and feedback (not all of it complementary!)John Bibbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12197355989117081384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5272065.post-67826946761830942732009-04-16T11:11:00.000+01:002009-04-16T11:16:25.398+01:00American valuesI just came across this horrifying report about five American soldiers who raped a young girl oin Iraq, and then murdered her and her family to cover up the crime. One of them was later “Honourably discharged” from the US army (Washington Post, Wikipedia: Mahmudiyah_killings).How can this happen?How many more such events get covered up?Is this part of a My Lai syndrome in the US John Bibbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12197355989117081384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5272065.post-89855021963761224952009-04-16T08:55:00.000+01:002009-04-16T11:54:20.395+01:00"Old Moanies", and proposals for a "Brown pound"My comment on a recent posting regarding "old moanies", headed "Pensioners believe their lives are getting worse and that they suffer greater discrimination than ever":I agree we should support our youngsters and look at things from their point of view as well. It is dreadful that there is so little contact between over-60s and under-30s.However, John Bibbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12197355989117081384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5272065.post-36672217476707964442009-04-07T22:02:00.000+01:002009-04-16T09:11:46.173+01:00Polar bear in Whitby - with Viking!Just spent a day in the marvellous seaside town of Whitby - shades of Captain Cook and all that!Part of the aim was to publicise our marvellous "I L North Yorkshire" t-shirts. Another was to visit the unique "Whitby Wizard" science musuem on the West Cliff in Whitby, just above Captain cook's famous whale-bones.While there, saw this marvellous graffitiesque John Bibbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12197355989117081384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5272065.post-1123490328557909242005-08-08T09:38:00.001+01:002009-04-19T10:04:33.533+01:00Delete this oenaa42blogTesting .....John Bibbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12197355989117081384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5272065.post-1123489894274193982005-08-08T09:31:00.000+01:002008-06-25T13:30:26.008+01:00aa42blogJust re-visiting after a long time away: my webmaster has been off & so I'll have to learn how to do it myself.Latest blog-news: - Another (few) days older and deeper in debt - four friends-and-family died in the last week - I guess this is something that you have to get used to as you get older. (Two of them were younger than me and two were older.) And now Robin Cook has gone - one of John Bibbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12197355989117081384noreply@blogger.com