by Tom | Jan 23, 2008 | Reading
Must watch this video of Tom Cruise on Scientology at some stage.
by Tom | Jan 23, 2008 | IT
I’ve seen a regular Apple Software Update error – essentially an unknown failure trying to install a new version of iTunes. I finally worked out that this was because I hadn’t opened iTunes between the new install (7.6 in this case) and the previous...
by Tom | Jan 23, 2008 | Uncategorized
Two good bad sciences: Don´t believe every statement you read: "Doctors say no to abortions in their surgeries" in this case. I bought the statistics book. How to present the real issues with screening: mammograms prevent 2 deaths in 1000 women aged...
by Tom | Jan 23, 2008 | Uncategorized
I hadn´t really got what FischerRandom was about, but I like the idea of making human-human interactions more interesting (by being more challenging). I wonder if the ability to memorise the big book of standard openings is so much of an advantage that you would...
by Tom | Jan 23, 2008 | Uncategorized
An option for my decision tree project: how government solves organisational problems and how the private sector solves the same sort of problems.
by Tom | Jan 18, 2008 | Uncategorized
If perception is everything, and people enjoy wine they are told is expensive, can wine be given a price other than derived from scarcity? Amusing thought: you get standard house wine, but are charged as much as you can bear to part with to be told you are getting...
by Tom | Jan 17, 2008 | Uncategorized
Place (this is a slightly undefined concept in the UK, but I see it as focusing on the physical nature of "something´s" location) still matters to the US IT industry. As Hagel muses, isn´t it interesting that one of the most technologically...
by Tom | Jan 12, 2008 | Uncategorized
Interesting (negative) viewpoint on the US housing market, which suggests a 30-50% correction. Ouch.
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
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...
