After a few informal trials, the UK Conservative party leader David Cameron has – according to the Guardian – started blogging – video blogging – about what the Conservatives are doing. Since the link they point at is down, and giving a Bad Request, invalid hostname error, it is hard to judge their efforts. Webcameron.org.uk seems to be valid, so it must be a screw-up. Perfect Day of 14-15 D’Arblay Continue reading →

A terrific post on the UK Natural History museum’s Antarctic conservation blog showing the miraculous state of preservation of Scott’s Terra Nova hut at Cape Evans. When we arrived, we had to dig our way through snow drifts to get into the hut. We then had to find our way around by torchlight until the windows had been cleared of snow and the shutters opened. Despite the howling wind outside, Continue reading →

The company Modo e Modo ( manufacturers of high-end notebooks Moleskine) were the subject of negative commentary about quality issues. Paper Bits records how they responded, apologetically, and with detailed information about how they were dealing with the issue. Classy. [via Constantin Basturea]

Heather Hopkins of Hitwise posts here about the most popular UK blogs by visit (ignoring feed subscribers).