Powdered wombat guts and other sources of feelings of wellbeing
Posted in Misc on Feb 4th, 2008
For decades British politicians have genuflected at the altar of the holy cow known as the National Health Service, each party promising before every election that it would spend more and keep it safe. The aspiration — of a minimum standard of care for all, regardless of ability to pay — has been noble. It’s [...]
Posted in Misc on Oct 27th, 2007
I am writing this, a little reluctantly, using an impressive offline blogging tool called Microsoft Live Writer. My misgivings arise in part because I am unhappy with Microsoft’s attempts to bundle extra software and get it onto my computer. The installation for Live Writer offers first this
and then this list of additional software
Yes, I know [...]
Posted in Misc on Oct 10th, 2007
The Oxford English Dictionary is one of the greatest and least celebrated of cultural achievements. It’s a source of information, education and entertainment– as the BBC is supposed to be, and for which it receives a vast public subsidy running into billions of pounds per year — though the OED is perhaps not one [...]
Wombat Diet
Powdered wombat guts and other sources of feelings of wellbeing
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