by Tom | Jan 12, 2008 | Uncategorized
Hurrah! I have been searching for little plastic strips that allow you to hold sheet music in ring binders (so you can have all of your music in one place and not drop it when you move your folder). I had no idea what they were called, but finally worked out the right...
by Tom | Jan 12, 2008 | Uncategorized
Jared Diamond makes an interesting challenge: the world can´t support current developed world consumption levels; we are promising the developing world that free trade will give them developed world lifestyles; these are in conflict. So we have to get to a place...
by Tom | Jan 12, 2008 | Uncategorized
Interesting (negative) viewpoint on the US housing market, which suggests a 30-50% correction. Ouch.
by Tom | Jan 11, 2008 | Uncategorized
Interesting behind the scenes sketch of the big decisions in bringing the iPhone to market. Who will do the next killer device? Will it be Apple again? No-one has come close to my Treo (old 650) as far as I can tell. I want a phone, a "business device" (does...
by Tom | Jan 11, 2008 | Uncategorized
While the double-blind clinical trial is a gold standard for scientific investigation (especially in medicine, but it is applicable elsewhere) it is instructive to see how badly drug companies still run them.
by Tom | Jan 11, 2008 | Uncategorized
Some nice simple rules on how to eat sensibly – we´re trying to do most of these (we haven´t bought our smaller plates and bowls yet).
