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Festive Spirit
I'm fairly sure that I'm just back from a few glorious days engaging in that annual insurgence that is the Edinburgh Festival. It is all rather hazy still, however. I slept on the, comparatively luxurious - only 2 beds to a cabin, Caledonian sleeper, better than I normally do on night trains - but still somewhat fitfully. When they gently ejected ( Read more... ) -
The Great Global Warming Swindle Swindle
Hmmm. Last Thursday's film on Channel 4 : The Great Global Warming Swindle was interesting. What was most interesting about it was not why Channel 4 commissioned a contentious film made by Martin Durkin, whose previous films for Channel 4 "Against Nature" - were criticised by OFCOM because:
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Cool Antarctica
I recall quite clearly, a few years back, my somewhat sense of vague disappointment when I found the Lonely Planet guide to Antarctica, on the shelves in Waterstones. Somehow, it wasn't the distant fantastical place of Scott and Amundsen, of Shackleton and Mt Terror, anymore. I half expected to find Ryan Air in the "Getting There" section ( Read more... ) -
Another twist to the helix
That's another 2π, or thereabouts, chalked up - I can still check the 25-35 box in irrelevant marketing surveys - a source of significant satisfaction, I find. Although, upon further consideration, there's no fundamental force preventing me from continuing to do this for all time (neglecting mortality). The first two hours of this natal day have ( Read more... ) -
NIQ
Here's a question I've never seen on an IQ test ( Read more... ) -
Why I Don't Mow The Lawn
If you live in a tree - nests are a good idea. That seems self evident - but I suspect you've now got a platonic ideal bird flapping around the rooms of your mind. But that's not the whole story. At least not this story ( Read more... ) -
Saturated Fat
Not all vegetable oil belong to the virtuous poly- and mono- saturated fat club. Coconut oil is over 90 percent saturated fat. But it is a remarkable fat, nonetheless. I often forget, in these temperate climes I currently live in - quite how much heat we manufacture, we radiate. Zipping yourself up in one of those white disposable boiler suits, as ( Read more... ) -
Remarkable Device
We bought a tool, at the weekend, that borders on the miraculous ( Read more... ) -
Usage: blog, blogged, blogging v, blogger n
What is a blog for?
Is it an open diary? A note book? A list of goals accomplished? A Round-Robin letter? A guide book? A Travalogue? A vent for ranting (or do I meant a rant for venting?).
If a blogger blogs a blog which no one reads, is the blogger (or do I mean bloggeur ?) really blogging
And, do people actually read blogs? Well, you do, and I ( Read more... )