Today in the Weekly Hat, a special piracy-themed edition. Since it was quite easy to draw a line between our two main news stories, I decided it may as well be deliberate. So, we have piracy on both the high seas and the internet, in two large chunks. Plus the usual other stuff.

Oh, and if you like my bloggings (someone reads this, right?), I have another venture coming up in the next few days that might interest you. Announcement to follow, probably on my Twitter, or the next available Behatted newspost after the launch. And next week’s Weekly Hat. And anywhere else I can fit it in.

But today:

• Piracy: On the seas!: Britons kidnapped by pirates! Polite people aghast!
• Piracy: On the line!: UK government getting tough on web piracy! Internet users aghast!
• Media and stuff: Couldn’t think of a piracy connection for this bit. I did try.
• Behatted Photo Of The Week: But don’t worry, this bit is all pirated up.

(more…)

Weekly Hat time! It wasn’t too difficult to write this week, happily. Stuff must have been easy. Plus I’ve had the whole week off, so I’ve been fairly calm and work has come easy.

Just for the record, in case a big news story breaks and I appear to have ignored it, this is being written on Saturday morning, as I’m back in Essex for this evening and most of Sunday. Hopefully the auto-post will serve me as well as it did on my holiday. Oh, and if you want more writings by me, I have a new blog thing which is called Feeding The Black Dog. Just one more quick plug for anyone who doesn’t read the Behatted newsposts.

But the Weekly Hat will continue, because I like it. This week…

• The Friendly Prime Minister: The PM tries to show his human face, just in time for the election.
• Atrocity Live: Has Twitter changed the reporting of horrible things? Starting with Fort Hood, a brief exploration.
• Media And Stuff: New Spooks! New Robbie Williams! New Weezer! (Well, some of the new Weezer…)
• Behatted Photo Of The Week: The future King Of The World gets double-Behatted.

(more…)