This may just be me being dim, but what on earth makes YouTube worth so much money to the otherwise usually sensible Google? To be sure, it currently has lots of users, but there's nothing special about the technology (see … Continue reading
.. after a freebie two day conference which paid for the trip. I'm not silly enough to say 'no thanks' to that 🙂 Worst bit was … Continue reading
As a rule, most modern operas are crap. The composers are too frit to write anything with a tune, in case someone accuses them of writing – horrors! – a musical. Some of the people responsible for the book and … Continue reading
Just over four years ago, I did a post about an article by Danny Finkelstein in the Times on 'why we should invade Iraq'. Unfortunately, the site that mirrored the original article no longer does so, but my post has … Continue reading
From Pepys' Diary, July 1663… ".. my Lord Bristoll hath this day impeached my Lord Chancellor in the House of Lords of High Treason. The chief of the articles are these: [..] 4th. He did carry on the design of … Continue reading
Ah, a wireless network adaptor card: "No need to open your computer – simply plug into a
Like several other retailers, Viking Direct currently have a 'we'll refund the cost if England win [the soccer World Cup]' offer on something desirable, in this case a TV and speakers, normally about £800 inc VAT. "Hmm, Viking have a … Continue reading
Odd that expected news can be so unexpected, in its timing at least. The naughty side of me wants to suggest that 24th May should become 'shag someone else's boyfriend' day in his memory… it's what he liked doing 🙂
You get a lot of 'SELL your property via us!!' stuff through the door. 2% of a million is… rather more than some(?) of them deserve: Faron Sutaria will endevour to sell your home for the best possible price in … Continue reading