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Terror Comes to East Finchley

By Daniel Appelquist Posted on July 26, 2005 Posted in London, Terrorism No Comments

Well – any illusions I may have had about being “safe” up here in sleepy little East Finchley were shattered today. Yes it’s true. Terrorists are ditching cars right here, in the middle of middle-class British suburbia. In other news, …

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More Bombs

By Daniel Appelquist Posted on July 22, 2005 Posted in London, Terrorism No Comments

So we got bombed again. When will these people quit it already? I had a pretty surreal walk across London this time trying to get to a Tube stop that works. As I write this, I’m finally in a Tube …

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I would just like to point out…

By Daniel Appelquist Posted on July 15, 2005 Posted in London, Politics, Terrorism No Comments

…that in October of last year I said that George Bush was putting my family at greater risk with this ill-conceived Iraq war. Last week’s bombing in London bears out those concerns. Instead of “making the world safer,” Bush has …

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Sunk In

By Daniel Appelquist Posted on July 11, 2005 Posted in London, Terrorism No Comments

I think it’s only just sunk in, after having read the detailed analysis of Thursday’s bombings: I’ve often found myself commuting to work via the Picadilly line — it’s one of my alternate routes. If I hadn’t been out of …

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Stuck in Germany

By Daniel Appelquist Posted on July 7, 2005 Posted in London, Terrorism, Travel 1 Comment

So here I am stuck in Germany while the terrible events in London unfolded today. The family is fine. Thanks to everyone who has contacted me today to check up on us. Now I only hope I can get home …

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Who is Daniel Appelquist?

I'm an immigrant and US/UK dual national who has been living in London since 1999. I'm an advocate for emerging web technologies, the open web, open source and open data. I am co-chair of the W3C Technical Architecture Group. I was a founder and co-organizer of the Over the Air hack day series and of Mobile Monday London. I'm a former .com CTO. I'm currently working at Snyk, leading open source and open standards work.

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