On the rocks

Unbelievably, we’re running out of single malt. Holy bejasus. I’ll hold on to my lovely Port Ellen, then…

25 top tips for business

Some nice tips for business, summarised here. Copied here for my reference. And here’s a PDF reprint and an article about the author of the rules.Learn to say, “I don’t know.” If used when appropriate, it will be often.It is easier to get into...

AutoRuns

AutoRuns sounds like a bowel complaint, but is actually useful in decrufting your PC.

RealClimate vs WSJ

Real climate takes on a The Wall Street Journal vs. The Scientific Consensus article. It’s not helpful for the mainstream press to so obviously decide on a slant on a story and manipulate evidence to fit that slant. Especially when it is so clearly wrong.

Whoops

So we had yesterday (Friday) off to go to Glyndebourne. The Bartered Bride was excellent, but tempered by the fact that Caroline had her bag stolen at Quod on Haymarket on Thursday night. The knock on the door at 2:30 am [from Caroline, who had no keys] wasn’t...

Legal beating illegal music?

looks like legal downloads are winning. At some stage I want the BPI and others to turn round and say “We were wrong. Obviously people wanted to buy music online, we just didn’t let them because we couldn’t / didn’t want to get our act in...

Grandfather kills leopard with his hands

Holy bejasus! You have to respect the elderly.A 73-year-old Kenyan grandfather reached into the mouth of an attacking leopard and tore out its tongue to kill it, authorities said Wednesday.