by Tom | Nov 13, 2006 | Science
Apparently 96% of addictions are caused by ghosts. Genius. I particularly like the black energy attacks.
by Tom | Oct 31, 2006 | Science
I think it is cool that we are still finding out things like this: a substantial proportion of nutrients in the Amazon basin come from one feature in the Sahara.
by Tom | Oct 31, 2006 | Reading
Nice idea for six-word stories. They are a bit like the literary equivalent of smells – very evocative without you being quite able to place them. I liked:Tick tock tick tock tick tick
by Tom | Oct 31, 2006 | Reading
I can’t be bothered to repeat the statistics, but these are amazingly large / high definition photographs, and very impressive.
by Tom | Oct 31, 2006 | Government
Interesting draft of a talk for Intellect on public sector IT.
by Tom | Oct 31, 2006 | Reading
It took us several days in Boston (we went for an extra-long weekend ahead of a work trip for Caroline) to come to grips with US portion sizes (e.g. get a starter to share and then hope you can fit the main in; absolutely no chance of pudding). There is research to...
by Tom | Oct 31, 2006 | Reading
I find myself in absolute agreement with Jonny. Halloween sucks. And should be positively fought against. I like bonfire night – the whole burning revolutionary stuff is good. But I don’t understand trick-or-treat. Turn up at a neighbour’s door and...
by Tom | Oct 25, 2006 | Business
Joel’s take on phone interviews. I take a similar approach: you kind of know pretty rapidly what your instincts are – it’s then a question of “Prove me wrong” if your instinct is no and “Show me the money” if the instinct is...
by Tom | Oct 25, 2006 | Science
Yeeks. I’m not sure I could be bothered with all of the kerfuffle needed for real calorie restriction for 10 extra years. Bring on the longevity pills.
by Tom | Oct 25, 2006 | Reading
1) A visual explorer of the Enron email networks as revealed by the trial documents.2) How do do Pop Art the easy way. I must learn to do graphics packages – they just don’t work the way my head does.
