Acts of Faith and Nausea

Too long an absence from the blog; galvanized by sworn blog-objector colleague Adam Salkeld whose blog opens today here I return.

Today tried to persuade a large motoring organisation to think about drivers in cars as the dream media audience for a service of info based on camera pictures from motorways. With incipient flu I was nearly sick and running for the toilets twice in the meeting. Also perhaps nauseous with the irony of being a sworn car-avoider, bicycle prophet, and doubter of camera-monitoring. Heck, can one commercialise and distribute absolutely any old content in this age ? It seems so. And at what point does the social conscience kick in ? One way to twist it is: learn the techniques so they can be applied to the good. The other: find the frontiers and push them. Good and bad uses will be made of what's discovered.

Religion ! The RC Diocese of Westminster has been having its web relaunch proposals drafted by yours truly. Does any one have any idea whether an online utterance of a prayer or an intercession has any theological value ? Could one do online confession ? If not why not ?

And the Anglican Diocese of Gambia and Senegal is going to take a day's consultancy (pro bono) in May in Banjul. We need to get them any equipment we can find. The African concept of faith's work is probably more tub-thumping and homily inclined than mine would be. Accept that as their way and their offering ? Or try to inject something of humanist value too, eg tie health content or education content into the religious broadcasting ministry they hope to launch with my help. The free work is always the most interesting.