Fry on language

A long essay on language that might see me drop my rigidity on less and fewer. As the man say, “five items or less” is undeniably clear. His call for enjoyment in the flow of phrase and words is spot on. It is people who don’t care about language...

MadBid

I hadn’t come across these pay for a bid / seat auctions. The way that MadBid resets the clock on a bid each time a bid is made is maddening. Not for me – all we need is for someone to create a sniping tool and then it will be relatively pointless. Also,...

Scenes from Antarctica – The Big Picture

So much to learn in this set from The Big Picture. Beards just really aren’t sensible in Antarctica, week long sunrises, aurora australis (not borealis), nacreous clouds, two mile deep snow, how does nature make such good right angles?

Nice summary of the Georgian situation

Looks like Russia has played Saakashvili like a Punch and Judy show. Bad on Europe and the other powers for not keeping him in line / being behind him when he needed it.[Update: the big picture has got there as well – brings home some of the what and where, if...