The Economist

Interesting perspective on the Economist and how it has manged to surpass other weeklies like Time and Newsweek. Review: Voice of the New Global Elite.

Ince on religion and science

Robin Ince is on fine form in a discussion about science and religion. The emphasis on getting rid of extremists on both sides by avoiding debate and getting into a discussion is critical. Well worth a read. Uh Oh, a liberal Atheist writes about liberal Christians,...
eReaderIQ tracks Kindle book prices

eReaderIQ tracks Kindle book prices

eReaderIQ is a nice service to track the price of Kindle items to see when they start to drop from their launch price. Often we are too impatient to read a book to wait, but maybe now it is automated… There’s a US version as well.
The internet is alive and has defeated SOPA

The internet is alive and has defeated SOPA

As Scott Adams so rightly says, it was the internet wot won it, not “citizen slaves who believe they have free will”. As TheOatmeal says, the most important thing is getting Koala sex on CNN. ” Yesterday, you gave me a raging brainboner so large and...

Cracking Delivereads – read them!

I had mentioned Delivereads before and it came up trumps before Christmas (I’ve only just read the articles in the gym today). In summary, a document appears on your Kindle once a month with the articles neatly packaged up. This months are all excellent:...
We are in a cognitive mess

We are in a cognitive mess

As the non-animated, swirling images show us, our brain processes everything before it becomes conscious. You can focus on any bit of it to stop it swirling, but it’ll carry on outside your focus. Which leads to the amazing Colour changing card trick. Even...