by Tom | Jun 16, 2012 | Google+
Reflexes and rain.I started my birthday celebrations this morning with an unexpected late night in the Jockey, a Happy Valley staple (our should that be stable?).During the session, I managed to knock over my wine glass with one hand and with staggering reflexes catch...
by Tom | Jun 16, 2012 | Google+
Good to see The Thick of It trending on Facebook. Brother-in-law has just finished shooting the new series. On TV later this year, I think. Photo 16-06-2012 11 19 09.png – Dropbox Dropbox is a free service that lets you bring your photos, docs, and videos...
by Tom | Jun 15, 2012 | Google+
Euphonious dichotomies……are most often false ones. Stephen Pinker lashes out a little bit at an article in the NYT. That said, he's subtly good on the tacit conventions that underpin language usage and how and why we treat them as rules. Well worth a...
by Tom | Jun 14, 2012 | Google+
Angel, VC or agriculture? Hong Kong Island, Wan Chai District, Happy Valley
by Tom | Jun 14, 2012 | Google+
Angel, VC or agriculture? Hong Kong Island, Wan Chai District, Happy Valley
by Tom | Jun 14, 2012 | Google+
Best earthbound transit photo yet.Bonus marks if you spot the less-than-transit-but-still-unusual element in the picture. APOD: 2012 June 13 – A Venus Transit Over the Baltic Sea A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along...
by Tom | Jun 14, 2012 | Google+
How sort out a crisis.Spot on, in my limited understanding of any of this craziness. Do a GM on the bankrupt banks."The right thing to do, again, is to take receivership of insolvent banks and wipe out the stock and subordinated debt, using the borrowed funds to...
by Tom | Jun 14, 2012 | Google+
Twitter is now officially an advertising business as well."Twitter Cards will only render for domains which have been whitelisted by Twitter."Shame. Twitter Cards | Twitter Developers Twitter Cards will only render for domains which have been whitelisted by...
by Tom | Jun 14, 2012 | Google+
Brain hurt: do black holes suggest that spacetime (and gravity) is emergent?I haven't thought about this stuff for ages, but it is great to do so.Pressure is emergent, in that it is something we can measure (e.g. of a gas in a box) but is created from (is...
by Tom | Jun 14, 2012 | Google+
Swim Smooth.Really good tips and advice on swimming freestyle / front crawl more effectively. The catch is the thing I don't do at all, so must practice. Now to find the same quality guide for breaststroke, which I am rubbish at. Mr Smooth – An ideal...
