Oscar’s been home for a week now, and we’ve been having lots of fun. Click through for pictures…
Oscar’s first week at home
February 14th, 2012
Family Portraits
February 10th, 2012
We took some family portraits with our newborn baby Oscar. Thanks to Sarah for helping with the photography! Read the rest of this entry »
Airplane in Russell Square
February 10th, 2012
Spotted this on Google Maps today. It’s amazingly clear, and looks pretty large. A quick Google shows I’m not the first to spot it, and the photo was probably taken by a plane at about twice the altitude of the airliner.
Home sweet home
February 8th, 2012
Oscar has been for his first drive, and is in his first home, and with his first friend. He’s celebrating with a sleep.
Oscar and Mummy are coming home!
February 8th, 2012Caroline is recovering well and we’ll be leaving the hospital shortly. Just need a de-briefing from the midwife. Hooray!
Oscar is asleep!
February 7th, 2012
After 2 days of either feeding or crying, Oscar has finally fallen asleep.* *
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Oscar’s Birth
February 5th, 2012
Oscar John Russell was born at 0015, 5th February 2012 (by c-section). He weighed in at a hefty 4.28kg (that’s 9 lb 7!). It was a long labour, and very tiring for Caroline, but Oscar was calm and healthy throughout, and Caroline did a tremendous job! Read the rest of this entry »
Oscar John Russell
February 5th, 2012
Oscar John Russell was born at 0015, 5th February 2012 (by c-section). He weighed in at a hefty 4.28kg (that’s 9 lb 7!). It was a long labour, and very tiring for Caroline, but Oscar was calm and healthy throughout, and Caroline did a tremendous job!
Thanks everyone for moral support, prayers and well-wishing.
Especially big thanks to John, our neighbour, for stepping in where our car failed, to my mum for coming down from Rotherham to help but then being stuck alone for 13 hours in the hospital 🙁 and to the midwives, doctors, anaesthetist and many assistants at The Lister delivery unit that got Oscar out of Caroline safely.
Thanks for joining in our labour!
I got keyboard shortcuts in search results back
February 2nd, 2012I tried DuckDuckGo for the first time today, and think I’ll probably stick with it, because of keyboard shortcuts. They have a whole bunch of other goodies, too.
ACTA rapporteur resigns over ‘masquerade’
January 30th, 2012Wow. A must read from the Open Rights Group UK.
(A Rapporteur, in this case, is the MEP appointed to investigate an issue or situation.)
Kader Arif, rapporteur for ACTA in the European Parliament, has quit his role as rapporteur. Thanks to La Quadrature Du Net, here’s his statement in English:
I want to denounce in the strongest possible manner the entire process that led to the signature of this agreement: no inclusion of civil society organisations, a lack of transparency from the start of the negotiations, repeated postponing of the signature of the text without an explanation being ever given, exclusion of the EU Parliament’s demands that were expressed on several occasions in our assembly.
As rapporteur of this text, I have faced never-before-seen manoeuvres from the right wing of this Parliament to impose a rushed calendar before public opinion could be alerted, thus depriving the Parliament of its right to expression and of the tools at its disposal to convey citizens’ legitimate demands.
Everyone knows the ACTA agreement is problematic, whether it is its impact on civil liberties, the way it makes Internet access providers liable, its consequences on generic drugs manufacturing, or how little protection it gives to our geographical indications.”
This agreement might have major consequences on citizens’ lives, and still, everything is being done to prevent the European Parliament from having its say in this matter. That is why today, as I release this report for which I was in charge, I want to send a strong signal and alert the public opinion about this unacceptable situation. I will not take part in this masquerade.
Strong stuff and a brave move. Another clear signal that something is seriously wrong. It’s going to be our job to make sure that the public’s voice is heard. Get ready to help us retrofit some democracy into the ACTA masquerade.
