by Tom | Oct 2, 2009 | Uncategorized
Moray brings my attention to this great round called Liverpool Street Station. Genius. My rather less good one (but far easier to sing and remember) is Freedom Train, which we once memorably (but clearly not so memorably) performed in a large cave somewhere on choir...
by Tom | Sep 24, 2009 | Uncategorized
So my (now ex-) hosting company tells me they have been emailing me for weeks to inform me they will terminate my account as I haven’t paid for the second part of the semi-annual subscription (after many years of paying promptly). ONLY I DIDN’T GET ANY...
by Tom | Sep 15, 2009 | Uncategorized
The new vetting and barring scheme brings unfortunate life to the old adage about children and animals. I’m against it mainly because it falls foul of the pointless screening argument: there are likely to be more false positives (people unfairly suspected of issues)...
by Tom | Sep 14, 2009 | Uncategorized
Fascinating article exploring levels of cooperation in different animals. In summary, tolerance (e.g. lack of aggression towards humans by wolves) can lead to cooperative behaviour. Chimpanzees, though they know to deceive us (and each other) never really learn that...
by Tom | Aug 12, 2009 | Uncategorized
Interesting chart from Jerry Fishenden suggesting that productivity has not improved in the public sector despite the vast investment in ICT (and in the public sector overall). The interesting question: how to invest for efficiency? [Update: John Suffolk, government...
by Tom | Aug 8, 2009 | Uncategorized
I love the belly flop competition.
