by Tom | Jul 8, 2010 | Government, Tech
Lots to digest in this summary of evidence on the effects on children of increased home computer availability. Two key points:Mathematics and reading test scores drop a little with the growing use of home computersIntroduction of broadband internet widens racial and...
by Tom | Jul 7, 2010 | Business, Government, Tech
Tableau public feels like crosstabs on steroids. Should be brilliant for open data visualisation and analysis.
by Tom | Jul 7, 2010 | Science
The Paradox of Parenting links to a number of articles about happiness and parenting. I’m never particularly happy about subjective measures, so there’s something fishy in there from the start. That said, I like it when people broach difficult to raise...
by Tom | Jul 7, 2010 | Reading, Science
I’m not sure the (paraphrased) “movement to exclude anyone who thinks that science and religion are incompatible” is more than a straw man, but there are some good points in the article. We certainly need to promulgate a regular non-religious way of...
by Tom | Jul 7, 2010 | Business, Government, Personal
I very much agree with Bagehot. While the BBC does cause some interesting competitive issues, it is so much better than what the competition in the UK is providing and astonishingly much better than the output in most other countries. I’m willing to pay my £150...
