by Tom | Oct 28, 2009 | Reading
Thanks to La Moule for two links: Rachmaninov had big hands and O Del Mio Amato Ben. The first is a splendid piece of musicianship and very funny to boot. The second is a gorgeous lament for a lost love.
by Tom | Oct 27, 2009 | Uncategorized
After a particularly bad spell of missing four calls from Caroline, I wondered what was going on. I upgraded my Hero to the latest Modaco build and radio which seem good, but not staggeringly faster. While investigating, I discovered that most modern phones...
by Tom | Oct 27, 2009 | Business
An interesting chart looking at the speed at which businesses grow. Don’t be expecting a hockey stick: it is very unlikely.
by Tom | Oct 26, 2009 | Personal, Science
I was unpleasantly annoyed by a Clive James item on the radio yesterday, which you can read in full. I enjoyed the discussion of the golf ball crisp, but then he moves on to scepticism about man’s responsibility for climate change, suggesting that because there...
by Tom | Oct 23, 2009 | IT
If only I’d known about this when I was upgrading to Windows 7. Choose the apps you want and let it get on with installing them. Far better than search-download-install. Brilliant idea; I’ll be using it next time I have to wipe a PC.
