I knew somebody in the 1980s, who I latterly followed on Facebork. He died. His last ever post on Facebork was just something fairly random, and then that was it. Frozen in time and space. Assuming Facebork goes on forever,… Read More ›
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Who was bullying Hannah?
Well, that’s an interesting twist. According to ask.fm, 98% of the posts that were ‘bullying’ Hannah Smith, who later committed suicide, came from the same IP Address she was posting as herself from. So, either she herself or somebody in… Read More ›
God and Satan are no longer on my newsfeed
I have a fairly relaxed attitude to social media. Over the years in public fora many bullies have tried to attack me, always from their cowardly positions of anonymity of course, and have threatened me with many things. And all… Read More ›
Yes, a woman had a baby
One of the most fascinating things surrounding the birth of the baby Jesus Windsor (to Kate and Wills) was how conveniently for the whole of this week so far, nothing else has happened. Such is the power of the baby… Read More ›
How the Hangouts are taking over
Google+ has just celebrated its second birthday. Happy Birthday Google+. You know I love you, right? As a Google anorak, even in these times when Google is slightly off the boil in the public mind when it comes to awesomeness,… Read More ›
The Web as intended
The truly wonderful christopherengland.com is hand crafted by me to provide daily articles for your extreme reading pleasure. Using words, most of which are found in the English language, I attempt to communicate my wit, wisdom and something else beginning… Read More ›
Radio Caroline obsessives need to faff off
Once upon a time there was a radio station called Radio Caroline. It closed down. Then it came back and closed down many more times. It was always a commercial failure, shifting through time from a big band dominated muzak… Read More ›
New comment system from today
Ooooh. Exciting. When I tried it before it ‘lost’ all the existing comments, so I quickly switched it back off again. Time has elapsed, and I think they’ve fixed it. Yay! So, I’ve switched to Google+ for commenting on the… Read More ›
My So-shell Meeja Strategy
I have been considering what I should be doing and where, when it comes to my use of social media or social networks. But, alas, I’m confused. One of my main sources of confusion is the incredibly handsome James Cridland…. Read More ›
Google+ Hangout on Mars
I didn’t get invited to be part of a 30 minute Google+ Hangout to talk about dying on Mars. However, if I had been invited I would have said what one of the contributors said, and that’s about the moon…. Read More ›
Faceborkers are jumping ship
An alarmingly large number of people appear to be stopping their use of Facebork. Well, ‘alarming’ if you are Facebork and looking at short term trends, but probably not ‘alarming’ when measured against the total numbers still infesting the social… Read More ›
Tweets of confusion from Boston
Like a large number of people, I read Twitter like a newspaper. It always seems so far ahead of mainstream media and is always quoted as a source by mainstream media. I mean, why bother hearing a developing news story… Read More ›
My local pirate radio station hates modern music
Some while ago I penned a piece about how radio station’s should almost be for life (here). They should ‘capture’ the youth of the day and just grow old with them. Within the article I said, “Merseyland Alternative Radio started… Read More ›
Whatever happened to privacy?
I don’t exist on social media. In fact, there’s only a tiny trace of me on the interweb. However, there’s a lot of my writing “in character” as Christopher England. I made a conscious choice, whenever it was, to not… Read More ›
Facebook is full of stupid people
One of the issues that distresses me about Facebook is that its users are allowed to vote, reproduce and freely co-exist with human beings. Lord knows how they’ll all cope with the new Google+ style layout Facebook is copying, since… Read More ›
Jake Morrison is gay
There’s a very young local councillor representing the Labour party (there isn’t really any other party in Liverpool, it’s a one party state), who managed to get himself elected two years ago when he was only 18. He’s quite active… Read More ›
So nobody’s using Google+ eh?
I keep being told that nobody is using Google+. I keep being told this by people who, for some obscure reason, seem to think that Google+ is a replacement or in some way ‘identical’ to Facebook, and that we have… Read More ›
Google+, Twitter and Facebook help find missing girl
About six months ago, Karl woke up and realised that his 13 year old daughter Jessica had gone missing from their Taunton, Somerset home. She had disappeared at some point between 2am and 6am. Karl was terrified, frightened, frantic and… Read More ›
I’m not on Twitter, I have a life
Now then, those who regularly read this England’s England place and take an interest in my spoutage will know that I’m an early adopter of social networks. As soon as one comes along, there I am camping outside overnight waiting… Read More ›
Assault weapons and the mentally ill
The world of good novels and excellent movies has lived off the world of conspiracy theories forever. Storylines that give us ‘stuff’ that’s happening that we, the public, don’t know is happening, have trained us to enjoy stories based on… Read More ›
What they said about Christopher England #1
A few weeks ago I had to work on location. I had limited internet access via very expensive satellites, plus it was essential to not have anything on me that might cast doubt on my real identity, so I had… Read More ›
Time to reject the hard-wired support for Israel
For most people in the UK, who we are and what we think is pretty much pre-written and pre-designed. We are actually quite ignorant of what goes on outside of our little island. This ‘island mentality’ makes us somewhat insular,… Read More ›
Am I allowed to say this?
(A guest article written by Peter Moore) In March 2010 a young man was stabbed and beaten to death in Victoria Station, London, during the rush hour and in view of many commuters. Whoever he was and whatever his background,… Read More ›
Pirates still rule the waves
Have I mentioned before that I own one-and-a-half radio stations? Well, I do. They are internet radio stations playing variations of dance music (what other kind of music is there?). I suppose they must be very popular because both appear… Read More ›
A stag too far
Photoshop and the various other chopping and changing packages mean that nothing ever has to originally be as it now seems. But, for sake of argument, let’s pretend this is as it is portrayed, even though I can’t find it anywhere on… Read More ›
How Facebook won’t let you die
One of the ‘problems’ with Facebook is that when a person dies they don’t die. I was reminded of this a few hours ago when I did one of my rare logging-in to Facebook in order to just have a… Read More ›
I was a real nowhere man
I can’t tell you where I’ve been. I can’t tell you how I got there. I can’t tell you how I got back. I can’t tell you when I actually went. I can’t tell you when I actually got back…. Read More ›
So nobody’s using Google+ eh?
I keep being told that nobody is using Google+. I keep being told this by people who, for some obscure reason, seem to think that Google+ is a replacement or in some way ‘identical’ to Facebook, and that we have… Read More ›
Google+, Twitter and Facebook help find missing girl
A couple of days ago, Karl woke up and realised that his 13 year old daughter Jessica had gone missing from their Taunton, Somerset home. She had disappeared at some point between 2am and 6am. Karl was terrified, frightened, frantic… Read More ›
The mobile phone is killing real life experiences
Why doesn’t anybody actually watch anything any more? I mean, once upon a time one sat at the cinema or theatre and allowed the director of the movie or play, the actors, and all those involved to draw the audience… Read More ›
A mention of Mensch’s //Menshn
I like those who are slightly ‘mad’, dare to be different and maybe end up appearing quirky or eccentric whilst working in jobs that require them to be anything but. One of my favourites is Mayor of London, Boris Johnson…. Read More ›
Never Seconds raises over £100,000
I’m going to have to break cover about my latest anorak addiction. It’s nine year old Martha Payne (and probably her dad, Dave). So, there’s this blog, right, which I think is actually a collaboration, but is the words of… Read More ›
The first law of Tony Blackburn
There are some things in this world that are scientific constants. Night follows Day follows Night follows Day. Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter, Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter. And Tony Blackburn is never ill and is always on the radio somewhere. This… Read More ›
If this then that
Possibly not enough is said about the excellent service iftt.com. I guess you could say it’s for lazy people, or you could say it’s for organised people. It does what it says on the tin – “If this then that”…. Read More ›
I’m not on Twitter, I have a life
Now then, those who regularly read this England’s England place and take an interest in my spoutage will know that I’m an early adopter of social networks. As soon as one comes along, there I am camping outside overnight waiting… Read More ›
The day Steve Conway realised he was one of THEM
I’ve spoken before about my Steve Conway Envy (here). From the results of a search across England’s England it would appear that I obesses about Mr Conway from time to time. Well, it’s true that I do constantly watch him… Read More ›
Facebookers make ready to jump off bridges
The Facebork timelines have finally arrived for the prolls using Facebork. (Oh dear.) Blood before Christmas! (Where’s my popcorn?) As a very important person, I’ve had a Facebork timeline for three or four months (I even ‘anoraked’ about them… Read More ›
The Pluses of the Google Plus public house
Yes, I know I am a Google obsessive, ok. But, surely you’ve just got to love a company with bouncy balls, slides and playrooms in their offices? I mean, there they are, the cradle of everything creative and fun, so what’s… Read More ›
Photos on Facebook versus photos on Google
Here’s a couple of interesting screen-grabs: The first is from Facebook’s terms of service. Basically what they are saying is that anything over which you have intellectual property (IP) rights (such as photos and videos), you have automatically given Facebook… Read More ›
Google+ is forwards to Facebook’s backwards
Trying to work out or understand why I and 40 Million others remain avid users of Google+ whilst Millions of others also came across to it, fiddled about for a while and the disappeared back to the safety of Facebook… Read More ›
