by Tom | Nov 5, 2009 | Listen
If you are ever short of something to listen to, here’s a useful list of albums. Could take quite some time to listen to them all though! Thanks to the jonz for the link.
by Tom | Nov 3, 2009 | Reading
Very interesting list of undertakings that will be in place by 2012 (skyscrapers, hotels, retail, lots of things I didn’t know about the Northern Line, for example). However, the example set by Vélib in Paris doesn’t look so healthy now; I’m fairly...
by Tom | Nov 3, 2009 | Government, Personal, Science
As #alanjohnsonnuttsack continues to rumble on, there is a deep question emerging: how do we present science effectively. If we hold to the fact that all current science could be wrong, we get Clive James and others telling us we are promoting hatred. If we try and...
by Tom | Nov 3, 2009 | Uncategorized
Nice work, BoJo: stealing an idea from Balham High street for Oxford Circus.
by Tom | Nov 2, 2009 | Uncategorized
Made-up-name? Professor Devine-Wright spotted on Countryfile. #
by Tom | Nov 2, 2009 | Reading
Lovely idea from xkcd: how the characters move around in films.
by Tom | Nov 2, 2009 | Business
Just in case you thought otherwise, it seems that there are some myths about the credit crunch. It looks like there are some good arguments against them: “Irrational exuberance”: It was pretty rational to gamble on property in the US, at least...
by Tom | Oct 30, 2009 | Uncategorized
Unfortunate coincidence: sweating like a pig post gym, car roof down to find "Money (that's what I want)" blaring out. Many heads turn… #
by Tom | Oct 29, 2009 | IT
Hmm. It will be tempting to move across to Chrome now that AdBlock is running. Only on developer builds at present.
by Tom | Oct 29, 2009 | Government, Reading
I hope that lots of legislators do this kind of thing. No-one can read all of the guff that is produced in an average government body, so I’m sure some bored civil servants must be doing it.