The Ketchup Conundrum

The Ketchup Conundrum is simple to state, but difficult to answer: why do we only eat one kind of ketchup? I used to like a Sainsbury’s Italian ketchup, but I think they’ve binned it.

Anti-Venture Capital

Someone had a nasty run in with a Venture Capital firm. Some interesting thoughts there, summarised by saying that VC funding is very expensive and potentially painful for your firm.

But how can you be sure it’s me?

Sherman’s Lagoon today reminds me of a silly story from my past: my mum finds me upstairs (age of five, maybe?) and says "why have you written your name on the wall of the staircase?". I say "It wasn’t me". She says "Yes it was. 1)...

Coast walk tops trek to Everest

The Coast-to-coast walk tops trek to Everest. Now it certainly wasn’t as strenuous as Everest no doubt is, but we had a great time on the c2c. We did it backwards (from Yorkshire to Cumbria) rather than the direction Wainwright suggests. Highlights (off the top...