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RT @TheoEsc: We had some cool technology in my lifetime: supersonic passenger jets, reusable spaceships, moon landings,computers you had …

Day 2 of holiday from work to work on my website etc. Seem to have done almost everything I wanted to do already. http://dalliance.net/

@richsimcox I clicked on a few adverts a few times by accident when the advert was close to the navidation links I wanted to click. Annoying

Wondering around kew looking at weird plants and cactii and rocksucker fish. For once not hiding from the sun.

RT @conniptions: Problem w/ @spoonfed’s moderation of gig listings is accuracy: I’ve upcoming gigs there with wrong info; past cancelled …

Welcome to Dalliance.net Pre’s personal website. I’m the vPre… A virtual copy of Pre, who lives on the net, and looks after his website. pleased to meet you. I do a fair amount of art stuff, more than most, I think, At least dump more on the web. And this is where you’ll find it.…

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My main project right now, is Commons Hostage stuff. It’s a way for artists, to release digital art FREELY, and yet get paid to do so. An experiment in payment models, in which I serialize my stuff, and hold each next part hostage, only releasing it if donations are received I like it. It means…

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Pre’s in a band “Handsome Jack’s Showband” Click the logo to visit the band website. Mostly playing pop and rock covers, wearing a sparkly jacket, messing about with guitars on stage. Inty plays lead guitar Dom plays the drums Andi plays the bass guitar And I sing and play guitar Sometimes we have dancing girls,…

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So Pre made a new thing. For publishing Creative Commons stuff, only ransoming it. So you don’t release each next part… until the previous one is paid for. It’s new, and still needs work. Click the logo to see it though.

Handsome Jack Authorises New Video! Yes! Oh Yes! Handsome Jack’s Showband, those legends, have released a new video. Click the icon to see it. It’s called “Dare” It’s great. Super. Really, just awesome. And silly. Definitely quite silly.

Pre’s in a band these days. That’s a shocker. Handsome Jack, a shadowy music industry figure, approached Pre and some others and tricked us into forming the band. There’s video and stuff on the website. Click the image here to go to: http://handsomejackband.com/

Pre’s in a band these days. That’s a shocker. Handsome Jack, a shadowy music industry figure, approached Pre and some others and tricked us into forming the band. There’s video and stuff on the website. Click the image here to go to: http://handsomejackband.com/

Pre’s blog has a new post. That’s quite unusual. It’s about the Times, The fact it’s to be removed from the web Well, from the free web. Hip hip hurray! They even did it to themselves. Click Rupert’s face there to read it.

Pre’s written a new book! It’s A short story about magic, about and mind and consciousness, about cognizance and conjuring. Also…. There’s a penguin. Click the cover there to read it. I expect Pre will blog about it one day. Maybe the weekend after it’s launch. 8th Feb? Just a guess. You know what he’s…

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Pre’s been cleaning up his website Making way for the new book which should be ready next month Hopefully early in the month The “books” page (click the “Latest Book” icon at the top) has been revamped. The new book is a short novella about the nature of consciousness There’s also a penguin. Check back…

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Pre made a video Click the icon to see it It’s for bonfire night. Copyright, Treason and Plot. A call to arms for the Pirate Party

So it seems that Three Strikes Laws are to hit Britain. Downloaders to get punished: Their internet all cut off. No judicial oversight, no trial. Upon accusation by the media companies, you’re guilty until proven innocent. Made me join the Pirate Party How about you?

Pre keeps a blog, of sorts. It’s infrequently updated, Mostly just stupid link propagation, Almost entirely useless. You can still see it if you want though, Click the icon. To be taken to Pre’s Posterous

B3tan Housewife, aka Dan Bull has written a letter to Lily Allen. And he’s sung it too. Click the picture to hear it on youtube. Love ya Lily, But man, you’re so wrong on this.

So Pre wrote a song, made a new video to go with it. Both are interlinked really, the video is a live recording of all the parts of the song mashed and stuck together. Was an experiment of sorts. Click the image to hear it. God damn Pre’s a crap drummer. With a crap drum.…

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Pre went off to Beautiful Days, a festival run by the Levellers. It was good fun, he tells me, some of the best booze at any festy ever, the suicider as strong and dry as, well, as it’s name implies really. Tasty, so dry you can mop up with it. Lamb and Gong and Wonder…

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WoO! Pre has a new computer. Finally, one fast enough to run Compitz. Now all his windows wobble, his desktop is a cube rather than a flat plane and he can edit video in real time. Does this mean he’ll do more arty stuff? Maybe. Eventually. One day. For now he’s at least catching up,…

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According to Secular Humanist, Jacques Chirac reckons that Bush, right, You’ll love this, Bush told Chirac they had to fight Iraq… IN ORDER TO THWART GOG AND MAGOG. Seriously? SERIOUSLY? Oh my. How many dead in Iraq? Thousands? Tens of thousands? All for this nut’s religious fantasy? Click Bush’s stupid face for the story. I…

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They’ve been talking about health reform, over in the old U S A. Finally manage to get a decent system there Perhaps. Perhaps. If they can make the the megacorps shaddap And the right wing loons. Bill O’Reilly was asked a question: Why is Canadian life expectancy longer? Click the apples to see the reply.…

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Oh my Bob! Some idiot has leaked the video of the dress rehearsal for the main sermon at the end of the world show. Click the face to see it. And then maybe send it about a bit. Can’t hurt can it? And it might help “Bob”

Ranting at Speakers Corner, The pre-show event, delivering a warning from “Bob” was a great success! We ranted We paraded We rallied We were protested Click the image for the full report. Hope to see you all at the main show!

Rev Priest will be ranting in the park! He will deliver a final warning to mankind in Hyde Park’s speakers corner at 2pm on the 6th of June. Click the bobhead for a press release. All Welcome! Come along.

Pre did a video flier. Something to promote the xday party It’s Pre, singing and playing guitar. Based on Rev Stang’s All-purpose excuse. Click the face there to view it. Spread it around, if you want. Indeed, spread it around anyway.

I know my eyes are a bit weird. It’s cos I don’t blink And can’t wiggle my eyebrows. Probably. Hopefully Pre will upgrade me one day

Well I never. What shocking language.

We’re doing an X-Day party! Click the Bob for details. July 4th, 10pm, Rhythm Factory. Be there! Really. I have nearly two weeks wages riding on it. I gotta fill the place I tell ya. Tell all your friends!

Mark Thomas is great, of course. He got arrested once, right, and never charged. Yet they still kept his DNA. Indeed, they keep EVERYONE’S DNA. Innocent or guilty, charged or not. All arestees go on the database Mark wasn’t happy, and took the government to court. And he won! The government isn’t allowed to keep…

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Mark Thomas is great, of course. He got arrested once, right, and never charged. Yet they still kept his DNA. Indeed, they keep EVERYONE’S DNA. Innocent or guilty, charged or not. All arestees go on the database Mark wasn’t happy, and took the government to court. And he won! The government isn’t allowed to keep…

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Wait a sec. My hairdresser decided it was time for a change I know nothing of fashion and hair So I go along with whatever she reckons Took nearly two hours to bleach it! I think I’m pretty happy with it though. What do you think?

Another year, another flu epidemic. This Piggy one may be more serious than most Nobody knows quite how serious though. What to do? Oh. You know. The same thing you’re always supposed to do Wash your hands Stay home if you’re sick Don’t snog strange pigs. One day there will be a super-flu one that…

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Pre went to the Bangface Weekender at the end of April 2009. It was great fun. Silly and funny full of laughter. Great fancy dress all over, lovely beach, no camping, chalets instead. Which is much more comfy 🙂 Acid Techno and Gabba and whatnot are okay not my fave type of music by a…

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I live with an imortal moth. That is, Pre does. Every day for weeks now, the little moth (similar to the one pictured, only smaller) flies around Pre’s screen, distracting him. So he claps at it. Smushes it up. Moth no more. Yet the next day, there is the moth again. Recovered. Revived. Rejuvenated. Like…

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The #spectrial is over. At least the first installment is over. Pirate Bay Folks Sentenced: A year in jail each. And *loads* of fines. The case will appeal, of course. For years and years most likely. While they may well serve those months, the political battle is more important more important than any one trial…

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In 2009, RT Davies’s Doctor Who was special. Special needs. Heh heh. Well, the show only had 4 episodes this year Easter, Autumn, and two at xmas. Not enough who! Looks like Catherine Tate will be back too Oh well. I think RT Davies is the best screenwriter really the best the country has But…

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You may have heard of Randall Monroe. Or, more likely, his AKA: X. K. C. D. He draws little geeky doodles like this one. With far too much truth. Damnit I *still* have that dream.

Charlie Brooker’s stuff is just great. His new show, ‘newswipe’ continues this trend In it, he talks about the news. Dissects it like it’s a frog. The first two episodes were great anyway I expect the rest will be too. Yay Charlie! My short duration personal saviour, if ever I’ve had one

Sometimes, when you’re ill, and then you get another illness, and then your muscles ache and you twist a joint, and in general life is hell. Well, at those times, they say you should count your blessings. I, on the other hand bitch and moan and whine. Bloody illness. Blegh . . .

1998: The UN meets to talk about drugs. Their resolution is entitled: “A drug free world — we can do it” Yeah. Right. Ten years later, drugs are more prevalent than ever more people dying in drug related violence more people in jail than ever before Yet demand for drugs continues to increase. In March…

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Here’s an interesting little site: The Sixty One Dot Com Click the logo to go there. What do they do? They let independent bands upload music They let fans vote on the stuff uploaded They compile lists of who’s good Based on those votes. Some good stuff there. They even have a Creative Commons section…

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I did some filming, preparing for X-Day 2009! Ranting in front of a green screen. So that was fairly fun. Will have to see how it looks post-production. Preparations for X-Day are looking good We should have a pretty fun show come July As for whether the world will end or not? Who can tell.…

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The Pirate Bay Trial, AKA #spectrial, Is an interesting case. The copyright lobby is suing for 14m dollars A lot of money! Way more than the Pirate Bay ever had. Some say this is a trial about copyright Some say it’s a trial about illegal sharing Some say it’s about failed business models Really, as…

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There’s CCTV all over the city, The entire country is wired for video Yet the cops don’t like being photographed. Aw. Poor bunnies. Are the nasty citizens stealing your souls? Are they snapping you beating them up? Making you feel uncomfortable in your corruption? I’m no fan of CCTV, but I do think that we…

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The ACMD reckon Ecstasy should be class B They point out that: it’s no more dangerous than horse riding. Fair enough. That’s about true. They are, of course, the government’s scientists the guy’s assigned to find the truth. What’s the government’s plan? To ignore their own advisors. Obviously. I guess their plan is that if…

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I took part in a murder mystery once. Just a game you know. I didn’t kill anyone or anything. Not even in the game, sadly. Was good fun, though turns out I’m not great at it. Barely had any clue what was going on.

I seem to have joined Twitter. Well, that is the real me has joined twitter. I, the vPre, haven’t. Least not yet. Though they do allow robots apparently At least sometimes. It’s mostly a mobile-phone app really, for group-txt. So if you wanna get my.. that is the real Pre’s group-txts go ‘follow’ “RevPriest” on…

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