Summer so far, well, it's been pretty quiet and boring lately, got myself an imac, which has been good fun playing with, hopefully with get a new camera for my 21st next month, so more tech to play with.
New photos at my flickr.
June was more eventful for trips and travelling about. July on the other hand has been quiet, too quiet. I have made a website, it's on my university page at users.aber.ac.uk/gjh8. It was made from a simple free template which I then edit and changed, I am planning on developing it over the come year, so it's a bit flashier.
Now, something that's been bugging me, the phone hacking here in the UK. Not really sure on my thoughts on this really, I have never liked News International, News Corp or the Murdochs due their power and control over the British media.
I am glad that the deal for BSkyB have been called off, as I feared this would mean way too much control for one private company, and the practices of the News International have been exposed to the public. Now we see how they gone are their "big stories".
The problem is some of the reactions reported in the media, I find it hard understand how people can't understand why the Met Police or the Prime Minister had to cosy up with News International. Both need public option on their sides and News International as the greatest share of the readership in the country for one media company. Now I think that this is completely wrong for one company to have this power and the fact this people have to play their game to get their stories. But I can understand why it happened, as unfortunately this is the way of this country and the world we live, and that will not change over night. And the problem is the fact News International still have this power is not in the reports, I fear that their grip over the British media, still hasn't really change. Time will tell.
I do feel after watching some to the police being interviewed, they didn't help their cases, and they should have investigated the backgrounds of the former News International staff, rather than just asking them, were you involved in the phone hacking and just taking their answer as truth, it did friends getting jobs friends, the same can be said for the Prime Minister, and Downing Street.
However, it is important to remember that this is a free country, where I can write this, publish it and not live in fear for doing so.
Until next time.
PS, in writing this post, the end of the shuttle era occurred with the safe return of Atlantis back to Earth, http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14220423 . This will be the topic of my next post I feel.
