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In a rare treat, I saw two films on Saturday. … Continue reading
Yearly Archives: 2007
OK, there's this Kiwi couple living in London. They're currently renting a one bed place in London's South Hampstead. She's pregnant, he's starting a new business which she will do some work for. They expect to take £30k out of … Continue reading
"1 in 3 people with untreated tuberculosis die" Hmm, so the other two don't? Quick, find me someone with a bad cough! … Continue reading
Last night was Satyagraha at ENO. Philip Glass has done lots of good work. His obsession with triplets means that if you play me some, I can go 'oh, that's Glass' but also means, with a few exceptions, I can't … Continue reading
Interesting El Reg article about the contrast between Google's image, its enviromental impact, and its efforts to keep the latter secret. … Continue reading
Posting about a 1970s TV series recently has reminded me to say something about a 2005 one 🙂 I've been using the PMA400 I bought a month or so ago to watch Rome, finally, when I commute by train. … Continue reading
(Or understand them if they do…) John Reid, our beloved Home Secretary, wants all those nasty sex offenders to tell him their email addresses and chatroom IDs. Can you spot the flaw in this masterful idea? … Continue reading
At work, some people who contact us don't say whether or not they're an escort. So one quick test is to see, via Google, if the username from their email address is attached to an ad somewhere. Today's tip: if … Continue reading
The fares for 'main line' trains in London moved to the zone system this month, only about a couple of decades after the tube with some odd results… Previously, the fare from station A to station B was fairly arbitrary, … Continue reading
… but some of us aren't watching 'Celebrity' Big Brother.