Punt off

Apparently punt saboteurs are causing problems in Cambridge. There are fewer bridges in Oxford, so it shouldn’t be such a problem.

Giles Coren on fire

As the climate changes and the economy contracts, its good to see that mankind can worry about the important things: that the removal of the letter “a” can ruin a joke about blow jobs.

Convincing people

Lots of good reading on changing people’s minds; the value of free as a marketing tool and a classic of advertising lore from nineteenth century research.