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I’ve just been reminded, by one of the main speakers, that the Oxford Internet Institute is holding an evening discussion over the IGF tomorrow evening, followed by an all-day invite-only event on the Friday.
In fact, I wasn’t even reminded. I had a vague notion of there being an OII event on Net governance in […]

This morning, at the ungodly hour of 6am, I finally embarked on my first hot air balloon trip, flying directly over Historic Oxford™, and landing in a field next to an army dump 10 miles west, just over the M40 near Brill.

The trip was a pressie for my birthday (12 August) last year. But […]

I missed this while in my book-writing frenzy - the Nominating Committee for ICANN announced on 9 August that it had received 89 responses for the seven places available within ICANN.
I can tell you who three of them are: me, Wendy Grossman and Patrick Vande Walle, because all three of us decided to make […]

I have a strange habit that appears when I am depressed because of the miserable weather (i.e. January in the UK) and when I am too busy with work.
I only ever notice that I am doing when either the weather improves or I suddenly find I have loads of spare time because I’m no […]

I have an article in The Guardian today that I’ve been wanting to write for nearly a year: free Net wireless access in coffee shops.

For the life of me I haven’t been able to figure out why more businesses don’t offer free Net access. It really is a low overhead for something that will […]

This morning I’ve had to pay out a small fortune in annual renewals: TV licence, home insurance; as well as the latest electricity bill.
I’ll avoid the debate about the BBC’s licence fee but I can say categorically that the insurance renewal quote and the electricity bill were a right royal rip-off. And this is […]

ICANN has been re-awarded the IANA contract for one year with a stated four extensions, giving the US overseeing organisation top-level management of the Internet until 2011.
You can download the whole contract off this site [pdf] or from the NTIA [pdf].
The decision is not exactly a huge shock. The US government made some noises about […]

Incredibly, unbelievably, this morning at 5.30am I finished my Sex.com book after two years of research and work and a final last, exhausting push the past week.
As was now entirely predictable, I emailed it to my publishers a few hours past the absolute deadline of 14 August and passed out, having kept myself going […]

I’ve an article about the whole Sex.com case in The Guardian today. Called “The age-old battle for power and sex.com“, it is a basic rundown of the case but updated to include Cohen’s stubborn behaviour in jail and tying in the latest twist in the tale - Kremen’s determination to make IP address property […]

It was pointed out to me by a knowledgeable book seller at the weekend that you can pre-order my Sex.com book from Amazon. So what are you waiting for?!

Of course, the more pre-orders there are, the more seriously both Amazon and my publishers will take the book, particularly with regard to promotion. And promotion, […]