The chief reason I don’t talk much about politics is that I don’t really understand it. I mean I get the concept and all, and believe in the idea of democracy – seems to beat the hell out of any currently available alternatives – however the problem for me (and …
One of the reasons, it’s been said, that the rationalist/skeptic movement haven’t swollen their membership in the same way as say, an organised religion, is that there’s no obvious focal point for them to congregate at. So in 1999 a group called Skeptics In The Pub was formed to provide …
Before we get on to the riveting topic of the post, amid all the talk of Movember I thought it might be prudent to acknowledge the moustachial efforts of a fine band of individuals, being they who grew a mo this year and raised funds for charity. What an ace …
Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! Y’know sometimes when you do something which is just straight-out cool, and you know you’re gonna remember for the rest of your life? Well, that! I read on the HIGHLY EXCELLENT “Ian Visits” blog that it’s possible to arrange to take a tour of the Clock Tower at the …
I suspect this is going to be one of those posts that begins with “I don’t normally get involved in such things, BUT…”. Hmm. OK, it would be safe to say that the recent televisual goings on involving Harry Connick Jr. in Australia have been quite well publicised, and possibly …
Does anyone want to read a richly rewarding tale of PC-related joy? Huh? If you’re at all involved in programming or spending long periods working with Windows then it might just make you swear a little bit less than normal once you’ve read it…
Although probably not.
I buy too much Stuff! Was looking for something in my room the other day and was disturbed by the amount of Stuff that I had to shift out of the way in order to look for whatever it was. A seriously disturbing amount of Stuff. The trouble with e-commerce …
So today marked the beginning of Antony Gormley’s “performance piece” on the empty plinth on Trafalgar Square. The idea is that for the next 100 days anyone can apply for a 1 hour spot to mount the plinth – a focal point in one of the most photographed places on …
Amid last night’s Michael Jackson news festival, a rumour popped up on Twitter that Jeff Goldblum had also died. Upon getting home I thought it a good idea to follow this up, and clicked on the link. Now, because of the 140 character limit in twitter messages URL redirectors have …
OK, so one of my favourite particle physicists – Dr Simon Singh, author of “Big Bang” (the best book I’ve ever read on the development of understanding of the origin of the universe) – is in a spot of legal hot water at the moment surrounding a comment piece he …
