by Tom | Jun 11, 2008 | Uncategorized
A quite interesting concept car – all cosmetic, though, rather than green. Looks like it is made out of swimming cap or gimp fabric.
by Tom | Jun 11, 2008 | Science
In Correlation vs causation, Black Triangle makes absolutely the right point. To be fair, the BBC article doesn’t mention autism / MMR, but even so, it’s pretty close to the bone. Egads! Why don’t people understand evidence, probability and risk....
by Tom | Jun 11, 2008 | Reading
I think it does make me want to do the Inca trail. Funky old cobbled streets could remind you of blighty, but look at those mountains!
by Tom | Jun 11, 2008 | IT
How to cloud has a very useful guide to setting up a cloud system on Amazon.
by Tom | Jun 10, 2008 | Uncategorized
It looks like we have sent a JCB scoop to pick up a chunk of Mars and analyse it. I´m guessing the scoop in shot isn´t the analyser
by Tom | Jun 10, 2008 | Uncategorized
Not as rude / depraved as it sounds. Health and safety have banned Haringey´s bin men from displaying cuddly toy mascots in their vans: "in case a child rushes out into the street to grab them". You couldn´t make it up.
by Tom | Jun 10, 2008 | Uncategorized
Commentary on global securities market sizes in a simple breakdown from the Bank of England. It suggests that subprime is small, but the simple valuation of subprime assets at zero would have a far larger knock-on effect on the rest of the market than the simple 1.4%...
by Tom | Jun 10, 2008 | Uncategorized
Interesting point from the Economist – oil traders buy oil for immediate delivery, so there is little speculation in the underlying asset. If the price of oil for immediate delivery is higher than futures contrracts, it doesn´t feel like speculation,...
by Tom | Jun 10, 2008 | Uncategorized
Amazing that this sort of thing is still possible (borrow from Peter to pay Paul fraud) – surely there must have been some controls somewhere that ought to have caught it?
by Tom | Jun 8, 2008 | Reading
Good-sounding Italian on our end of the Holloway Road.
