Powdered wombat guts and other sources of feelings of wellbeing
Posted in Misc on Sep 10th, 2008
I Am A Snob
I enjoyed reading lately of a FireFox plug-in called the YouTube Comment Snob which filters out comments featuring
More than a certain number of spelling mistakes
All capital letters
No capital letters
Doesn’t start with a capital letter
Excessive punctuation
Profanity
I’d use it if I ever read YouTube comments. I would also suppress all comments featuring the word [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 24th, 2007
Monkey business in the news and reflections on the value of a business education.
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 18th, 2007
Bill Deedes, the celebrated British journalist and former politician, has died at the age of 94.
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 17th, 2007
The Economist reports that Aer Lingus will soon operate international flights from Belfast, shifting its Heathrow service from Shannon, and reviving a route dropped by British Airways. It goes on to say
… many unionists felt their Britishness diminished by BA’s relinquishing of the link. How do they feel now that it is to be restored [...]
Posted in Misc on Jul 24th, 2007
England is a little underwater. Floods come and go, but history repeats itself. Warnings and lessons of the past are ignored.
So far, the media have shown the prime minister saying the emergency services are doing a “magnificent job” and nobody has challenged him about the £16m reduction in annual funding for flood defences last year [...]
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