by Tom | Sep 21, 2012 | Science
The Annals of Improbable Research has announced the IgNobel prizes for 2012. Cracking Friday reading. My favourites in no particular order: Literature for a “report about reports about reports that recommends the preparation of a report about the report about...
by Tom | Sep 18, 2012 | Google+
Finishes on a terrible pun, but otherwise lovely. #totrblog Raindrop Raindrop What if a rainstorm dropped all of its water in a single giant drop? —Michael Mcneill It’s midsummer. The air is hot and heavy. Two old-timers sit on the porch in rocking chairs. On the...
by Tom | Sep 18, 2012 | Reading, Science
Moondoggle: The Forgotten Opposition to the Apollo Program shows that the public was not so keen on the moon landings in the 1960s. The amount of money spent in constant dollars is shocking, and the modern move to drones and robotic devices does suggest that we need...
by Tom | Sep 18, 2012 | Business, Reading
Much as I am against the cult of the CEO, there is a lot of interest in McK’s series Leading in the 21st century. The themes that resonated for me were: The need to build corporate resilience (or its flip side, pragmatism, e.g. in getting Indian companies...
by Tom | Sep 18, 2012 | Business, General
Evidence that advertising and journalism are decoupling? I hope so. Newspaper Advertising Collapse – Business Insider.
by Tom | Sep 18, 2012 | Government, Reading
Fabulous quote from Rick Santorum: We will never have the elite, smart people on our side. Two contrasting essays which are well worth reading: Michael Lewis with Obama. How the Romney campaign stumbled. Also interesting is Obama’s sword shaking at China, which...
by Tom | Sep 12, 2012 | General
Just astonishing. Great that the UK can produce a unbiased investigation into its murky past.
by Tom | Sep 11, 2012 | General
Congratulations to Murray. That was a back and forth match and a half. *Tries to breathe again*.
by Tom | Sep 10, 2012 | Reading, Science
How culture drove human evolution argues for the removal of the distinction between biological and cultural evolution. Example (possibly poor) precis: Humans are thought to have caught animals by tracking them over long periods of time and gradually exhausting them,...
by Tom | Sep 9, 2012 | Google+
Post-lunch drink in a rather lovely looking Stanley. #totrblog
