Is everybody on holiday?

I've been away. Anyone got any news?

Seems unlikely to be footy related, as you say. Odd.

There has been loads of high vis stuff going on recently though - I was walking past the church on the corner of Evershot Road and Tollington Park the other weekend and there were police everywhere, plus big gangs of offended looking church goers all filming the police on their mobile phone cameras as they talked to some 'yoof'.

It's not that busy. They'll find their way to us eventually.

Banning Facebook, eh? Now there's an issue I'm quite torn about.

As someone who manages a team at work, I could see the benefits (see http://www.stroudgreen.org/comments.php?DiscussionID=602&page=1#Item_9 for previous discussion on this issue) but then, if people are going to slack off, surely they'll just do something else instead? Tosscat and Poxy, what's your experience? Has lack of Facebook access made you more productive? At all?

I dunno. I prefer to trust people. Most of us at work aren't pushing widgets out of a factory - we're doing work that vaguely engages our brain, so short distractions aren't going to be the end of the world. In fact, a change of gear might be useful. My best work comes after I've taken a walk in the park to get all my thoughts in order.

Some people might call that slacking off, but unfortunately there aren't any grim victorian workhouses for them to work in, so they get their kicks by banning facebook.