by Tom | Jan 21, 2009 | Reading
Meat Slurry. I don’t think I’ve ever seen MRM before. Or want to again.Mechanically recovered chicken
by Tom | Jan 21, 2009 | Reading
The Inauguration of President Barack Obama. So much fun in there. Who knew that secret service types really do wear those spiral bendy clear earpieces. That so many people watched the inauguration around the world. That the first thing the new president has to do is...
by Tom | Jan 18, 2009 | Reading
Sailing, around the world. There’s something about boats, water and land that make unmissable pictures. Too many great ones in there to have a clear favourite. The London one because its London and because Ben Ainslie is often overlooked.Ainslie under Tower...
by Tom | Jan 18, 2009 | Uncategorized
Lots of thought-provoking thinking in this Interview with Clay Shirky. Items that resonated for me: Firstly the thought that information overload has probably existed since the Library at Alexandria (more information in one place than one human could digest). The...
by Tom | Jan 17, 2009 | Reading
It has been a long time since I’ve had to deal with Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics or NUTS to its friends.Who knew that there were Bezirks in Austria, Peripheries in Greece, Oblasts in Bulgaria and Voivodeships in Poland (Volvo dealerships?)....