by Tom | Jun 7, 2010 | Reading
Hitchens has some calm words about the flotilla. I still don’t have a view. The use of lethal force still seems inappropriate, the flotilla seems to have been seeking a confrontation. Net-net, the flotilla wins, as the damage to Israel is far bigger than that of...
by Tom | Jun 4, 2010 | Science
Monckton takes scientist to brink of madness. It is a shame that scientists have to do this forensic examination of the sources of claims made by climate change sceptics, but I guess it’s what we’d expect climate change scientists to do. Hopefully now it...
by Tom | Jun 3, 2010 | Personal
So Wiffy is in the garden saying: “I haven’t seen the bats for a while, maybe two years” as I saw a bat fly by. Good to have them back. Or noticeable.
by Tom | Jun 3, 2010 | Personal, Tech
I had a play with an iPad at the Apple Store in Brent Cross today, so here’s my summary:I have plenty of Apple kit, and I always like it. Apple’s after sale service has been poor for me, but to be fair it is normally because things I think should be in...
by Tom | Jun 3, 2010 | Reading
A reasonable case that dolphins should be treated as non-human persons (specifically that they shouldn’t be treated as property). One criticism of the article is that it always helps to set up your own list of criteria and then show that your subject meets them....