Brillskills Blog

  • Adventureland

    So I watched Adventureland the other day. It’s a sort of prequel to The Social Network, released in 2009, where Zuckerberg has to raise funds for Harvard by working in a crappy amusement park, and he starts dating a girl who ends up dumping him for a vampire. Presumably because she likes pale, skinny guys, […]

  • The Empire Writes Back

    Yes, the government responded (a few days ago now actually, but I only just got around to posting this). I won’t copy their email here, because publishing communications from the Information Commissioner’s Office without their permission probably isn’t the smartest thing to do, but the gist of their message was an entirely friendly admission that yes, they […]

  • Wherein I unwisely take on the government

    The following is an email I just sent to the Information Commissioner’s Office internal compliance department regarding the failure of their website to comply with the new regulations on cookies that are coming into force in Europe: Hi, I am a professional working in the field of web development. As such, I have been looking […]

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