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Disability & M.E.
- 25% ME Group
- Bad Cripple
- Blogeration
- Broken of Britain, the
- Carer Watch
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- Dreams at Stake
- Flash Says
- FWD/Forward (defunct)
- Invest in ME
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- ME Community Trust
- NICE Guidelines blog
- Not Done Living
- Osler's Web
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- Same Difference
- Severe ME Book
- Site that Breathes, the
- Surviving Severe M.E.
- Tymes Trust
- Wheelie Catholic
- Where's the Benefit?
- WildKat blog
Islamic blogs: brothers
- Abdusalaam Al-Hindi
- Adnan Tariq
- AE (Abu Eesa)
- Ahmed’s World of Islam
- An American Muslim
- Avari
- Bin Gregory Productions
- Bradford Muslim
- Chill Yo Islam Yo
- Dr.M’s Analysis
- Dunner’s blog
- HAhmed.com
- Hamza Tzortzis's blog
- Haq Islam
- Irrelevant Opinions
- Madhab al-Irfy
- Manrilla Blog
- Mas’ud Blog
- Mind, Body, Soul
- Mr Moo
- Muhabbat-ud-Deen
- Mujahideen Ryder (defunct)
- Naeem’s blog
- Peace, bruv
- Rolled Up Trousers
- Seeker's Digest
- Shahada
- Yahya Birt
Islamic blogs: sisters
- A Nightingale
- Egyptian’s Wife
- Ginny's Thoughts and Things (Old)
- Happy Muslim Mama
- Hijabi Apprentice
- Ibnat al-Hidayah: Daughter of Guidance
- Ify Okoye (ex Muslim Apple)
- iMuslim.tv
- In the Shade of the Veil
- Inner Reflections Transcribed
- Islam, My Inspiration
- Jamerican Muslimah
- Margari Aziza
- Muslimness
- Nicole Cunningham
- Nzingha’s soapbox
- Obscure Sanctum
- Old Muslim Woman in the Shoe
- Online Rihla
- Organica
- Outlines (new)
- Pitter-patter of Seagulls' Feet
- Rickshaw Diaries
- Rolling Ruminations
- Scream-free Muslims
- Shalom 2 Salaam
- Spirit21
- Tasmiya
- Tears of Realisation
- The Scent
- Tradicionalista
- Tranquilart
- TwennyTwo
- Waqt Well Wasted
Islamic blogs: groups & issues
Islamic links: general
- Amal Press
- Dar al-Mustafa
- DeenPort
- DeenPort (mobile)
- European Institue of Human Sciences
- Guidance Media
- Hanbali Forum Files
- Hanbali Text Society
- Iqra Islamic Publications
- Kitaba – Islamic texts for the blind
- Lamppost Productions
- Mama List of Islamic Links
- Media Monitors Network (MMN)
- New Islamic Directions
- Pro Hijab
- Radical Middle Way
- Shaikh Muhammad IH Pirzada
- SoundVision
- SunniForum
- SunniPath
- The Cult
- ummahpulse.com – Home
Islamic links: converts
Media monitoring
Other blogs
- A Fistful of Euros
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- Chicken Yoghurt
- Comment Is Free @ The Guardian
- Crooked Timber
- Exploring the World Through the Web
- Guardian Unlimited Blogs
- Juan Cole’s Informed Comment
- Lenin’s Tomb
- Londonist
- Not Otherwise Specified
- Pickled Politics
- Rachel from North London
- Tsuredzuregusa
- What You Can Get Away With
Tech links
Category Archives: Tech
What I really wanted from T-Mobile
The other day I finally got round to changing my T-Mobile tariff from a £25/mo tariff which covers the cost of a phone, to a £10/mo SIM-only tariff (which was reduced to half that for the first nine months, which … Continue reading
Getting used to my new Mac
As I think I’ve said before, my main present (from my parents) this past Christmas was a Mac. I laid out my reasons for wanting a Mac in a post a couple of weeks ago. I still have my old … Continue reading
2011: the year Linux stopped being fun
In less than a week from now, I expect to be in possession of a Mac, most likely a Mac mini. It’s taken a long time since I last had an up-to-date Mac — I bought one in 2004, and … Continue reading
Android apps that suck
Of late, I’ve noticed that the Android apps I’ve been using aren’t performing anything like as well as they should be. I got a Samsung Galaxy S phone in May, which I paid up-front for because I couldn’t wait until … Continue reading
Some impressions of the new Ubuntu
Recently I installed the new version of Ubuntu (actually, it’s still in development as the final version is only due out on the 13th). It was sort of forced on me in one case, because I had installed the backported … Continue reading
Steve Jobs’s death leaves me cold
So, Steve Jobs, the man who invented the Mac, the NeXT box and then merged the two together, is dead. Actually I’m sure a few people helped Jobs on the way, like actual programmers and graphic designers and, well, you … Continue reading
Why I expect Google Plus to succeed
Recently Google launched their Google Plus social networking system, and as I write I haven’t been able to get into it, as I still need an invite, despite them having launched the Android client already, and despite the front page … Continue reading
Why the smartphone is no substitute for a computer
How the smartphone is killing the PC | Technology | The Guardian Charles Arthur is the Guardian’s tech correspondent (he used to edit the Thursday Technology supplement, but then they ditched it), and this article is about how today’s smartphones … Continue reading
First impressions: Fedora 15, GNOME 3
For many years, GNOME has been the default desktop for most Linux users — it’s developed a reputation for almost boring stability, and generally stayed out of the way and didn’t offer too much in the way of “bling” effects … Continue reading
New phone
I took delivery of a new phone yesterday — a Samsung Galaxy S. Not the dual-core S II, which was well beyond my price range, but the Galaxy S was pretty much the top of the range until about a … Continue reading
Unite, but follow me
Yesterday I decided to install the new version of the Ubuntu Linux distribution on my main computer, after a disaster with another distro (or rather, with some new software they had tagged as “stable” when it was not) left it … Continue reading
Android: feeling at home, moving on
Last December I wrote about the year I’d had with my Android phone (an HTC Hero, branded a T-Mobile G2 Touch — not to be confused with the G2 that is sold in some other countries which is a re-branded … Continue reading
Android now single biggest smart phone platform
Android Topples Symbian in Q4 2010 These figures show that Android (which includes two variants, OMS and Tapas) narrowly sold more units than any other individual platform for the first time last quarter, pulling ahead of Nokia’s Symbian for the … Continue reading
Facebook friends and “real friends”
Friendship, Facebook-style | Aditya Chakrabortty | Comment is free | The Guardian This appeared in today’s G2 (the A4 supplement to the Guardian) and it yet again raises the issue of the difference between “Facebook friends” and actual friends. In … Continue reading
Google versus Facebook
Facebook started as a geek’s hobby, now it’s more popular than Google (from the Guardian) Facebook is now a bigger company than Google, in terms of its user base (Facebook has yet to disclose a profit). The article above has … Continue reading
Review of my 2010
This is, as far as I remember, the first time I’ve ever posted a review of a year to my blog, and that’s probably been because no old year has been as different from the one before it as this … Continue reading
Year of the Droid
I got the phone I started writing this on about a year ago, just before Christmas 2009. It has really changed the way I use my phone and the way I use the net. It’s totally different from any phone … Continue reading
What’s up with Google?
Am I the only person noticing that Google’s web services are getting a bit flaky? Almost every day I notice that web searches fail (as in, fail to connect altogether), and I can’t connect for several minutes, and this happens … Continue reading
Who are you sticking it to?
Earlier today I saw a comment on Astrid van Woerkom’s blog in response to a criticism of the “communication shutdown” wheeze from various autism chairites. There has been much criticism of the scheme here as well as on various autistic/Asperger’s … Continue reading
Is the iPhone really a design classic?
London Design festival: Has British design lost its way? | Art and design | The Guardian There’s a feature in today’s Guardian about the Anti Design Festival, which starts this coming Saturday in London and is a response to what … Continue reading
