by Tom | Aug 9, 2011 | Reading
It is clearly a day for sombre thinking. Here’s a fascinating look at new thinking around Japan’s surrender in World War II. The public view that the atomic bomb was the decisive event that ended World War II is not supported by the facts. Some of the...
by Tom | Aug 9, 2011 | Reading
Thanks to Ben for this wonderful piece of light relief.
by Tom | Aug 9, 2011 | Reading
A great article in the Telegraph sums a lot of it up Let’s hope the volunteer “Big Society” clean up crews have the greater number of people.
by Tom | Aug 9, 2011 | Business, Hong Kong / China, Reading
Tencent: March of the Penguins. Fascinating summary of one of the major Chinese social networking and gaming platforms. Unbelievable scale (2.3m concurrent gamers at peak times) and some less-well-known VCs involved. I still can’t understand why there is this...
by Tom | Aug 4, 2011 | Reading
Today’s Groupon made me laugh. Sagami Xtreme Feel Up Condoms. Semi-NSFW (click already registered to view) and surely the brand name has to be wrong, so wrong. The marketing copy is hilarious. Some examples are: Today’s Groupon equips your tool well for the...
by Tom | Aug 4, 2011 | Reading
Do not “make the ask.†Just ask. Spot on. I recommend reading the comments 1) to learn what antimeria is and 2) to get some great Shakespeare quotes, e.g. “uncle me no uncles”.
