What the chimp tweeted this week

  • Not sure Labour have chosen the right brother. #
  • Shane Warne is still selling Advanced Hair Studio. Classic #
  • @lisa_mckenzie that picture makes that girl look like she has midget legs. She will be at a disadvantage in reply to lisa_mckenzie #
  • Bath is today's destination. Appears rather picturesque though I imagine the locals have a love/hate relationship with tourists. #
  • Received a call from our vodafone business provider asking how to reset and iPhone. I'm not tech support #
  • Loving the otter on my pint glass #
  • And the rain pours in Bath. Damper on the exploration. Held up in quaint pub. At least rain, & beer, adds authenticity to English road trip. #
  • Forget Jane Austin. All she thought was - How you doin'? #
  • In St Ives. Nice seaside town. Can't wait to smash some cod #
  • Nice view of the Salisbury Cathedral from our room #
  • All the best to @_duncanhall on his global shenanigans / exploration #

What the chimp tweeted this week

  • Waiting for the old boy to arrive after his long haul from Aotearoa #
  • And he is out like a light. #jetlag #
  • Good business sense #
  • Going to need Red Bull to complete a deliverable for a competing F1 team. #irony #
  • London, a LEGO land #
  • Got that Scrap Heap Challenge feeling . The challenge? Building a website. #
  • Team Lotus returns in 2011 #
  • Tick tock, tick tock #
  • Ultimate power should = ultimate awesomeness. Currently equals slow jam Michael Jackson. Bring the rock. #
  • Thank you DJ. Better tunes. #
  • In Oxford. The traffic leaving London was nuts. #

What the chimp tweeted this week

Meet the iFamily

Sitting in Split airport after a sun soaked holiday in Croatia, and I have just witnessed an ever growing social phenomenon. The iFamily.

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Meet Dad. He is a Steve Jobs wannabe, dressed in black long sleeve T, blue jeans and trainers. He is busy mashing away at his MacBook, listening to his latest iTunes purchase on his new iPhone 4. His kids, Huey, Dewey, and Louie are entertained by a collection of iPods and iPads. Mum on the other hand, has her nose buried in her book - an actual book not an iBook. No conversation has taken place between them. Now without sounding like a hypocrite (after all, I have just typed this on my iPhone while waiting for my delayed flight), I think this observation highlights two things. Firstly, technology is bringing about a social change in family dynamics. Secondly, holidays away from technology no longer exist.

It begins: The empty promises

Gordon Brown is clearly out to save is own skin according to today's evening standard. Wonder what the victims in the corresponding headline think of his pledge to ensure budgets for police are clearly identified (fourth bullet point)?
Perhaps less policies excusing MPs behaviour and more policies focusing on protecting the interests of the people? Perhaps the proposed policy of 'cleaning up politics by giving voters the power to sack MPs found guilty of gross financial misconduct', needs to extend to dismissal for not ensuring adequate investment in core infrastructure such as public safety? A throwaway line bout investing in 'the lawful majority' will not solve crime problems that have engulfed the nation under three terms of Labour rule.  How would a fourth be that much different? Politicians need to be accountable for the fact that they are in Parliament to protect the best interests of the people, not themselves.

Should prisioners get protection in jail?

So, the people found guilty in the Baby P case are to receive protection while serving their sentences, at a mere bargain of £1M per year. Why? OK so karma may step in and they get the snot thumped out of them, perhaps even their last breath, but surely that's more just than the taxpayer having to farm out to keep these two safe in prison? Those funds could be better spent on preventative programs aimed at breaking the cycle of violence. In certain situations you have to wonder if it's time to re-think, a 'life for a life'?