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Migration to Squarespace

James Britton — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 17:41:05 +0000

I've jumped off Dreamhost and I'm giving Squarespace a shot as a complete content management, hosting and blogging platform. There have unfortunately been a few snags which I'm still untangling such as migrating blog post images from WordPress and re-routing blog.jamesrbritton.com.

If you'd like to help me out, sign up for a 14 day free trial to Squarespace using my referral link.

My new blog address is now jamesrbritton.com/blog.

Video gamer conscious of human rights conventions

James Britton — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 16:53:18 +0000

This is a great story from the Toronto Globe & Mail, Art of Playing Nice

When 13-year-old Evan Spencer wanted to play the ultraviolent video game Call of Duty, his parents gave him the green light, on one condition: He had to follow the Geneva Conventions. Sarah Boesveld reports

Now only if all children were raised this way, the world would be a very different place.

Paul's Boutique

James Britton — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 10:26:08 +0000

For best in men's clothing, call Paul's Boutique ask for Janice the number is 718-498-1043 that's Paul's Boutique and they're in Brooklyn.

*UPDATE*
Check out this post about the new remaster of Paul's Boutique by Ian Rogers followed by a candid Skype interview with the Beastie Boys!

Sixburgh

James Britton — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 21:25:14 +0000

This Pittsburgh Steelers fan's thoughts on this Sunday's SuperBowl game against the Arizona Cardinals make for the best NPR interview clip ever! Is this Tracy Jordan

Inauguration Day preparations

James Britton — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 22:34:25 +0000

My son prepared for school tomorrow by drawing a picture to tell to his Irish classmates about Barack Obama's historic inauguration. We explained to him the significance of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr and how his day of civil rights celebration leads into the first inauguration of an African-American president.

Testing QuickPress in WordPress 2.7

James Britton — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 14:20:20 +0000

Just upgraded to WordPress 2.7 through Dreamhost's snappy update feature.
I like the new dashboard interface!

Celebrating Human Rights Day: You are powerful

James Britton — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 11:22:51 +0000

60 years ago today, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was created by the United Nations. The 30 articles contained within it would prove to become the foundation for international human rights law. The following is a video from Amnesty International UK and Protect the Human:

Excellent video: Universal Declaration of Human Rights

James Britton — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 12:48:03 +0000

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Corrib Sunrise

James Britton — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 15:23:19 +0000

Gorgeous sunrise on the River Corrib near the Claddagh

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Obama's first weekly radio address on YouTube

James Britton — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 00:45:25 +0000

As I posted on twitter before, President-elect Barack Obama will be posting his weekly radio addresses on YouTube. It looks like he's not wasting anytime getting started.

It's exciting to see Obama continue his exlpoitation of technology to diffuse his message. Be sure to check out change.gov and become a part of the political process.