:rant: It started with ongoing, but is now pandemic. Today’s annoyance, in press articles about Tessa Jowell, DOWNPLAY. What is wrong with “play down”? why do we need to keep inventing new verbs to say things we can say perfectly well and a lot more clearly using adverbs? Who decided to declare war on adverbs? […]
Surreal
A quantum computer program has produced an answer without actually running. Curiouser and curiouser What I don’t understand is, if it is not running and still produces answers, then why couldn’t they have had the same result from a quantum computer they hadn’t built?
Computers make for chatty children
Net surfing is not responsible for anti-social young people – quite the opposite From The Times This article from the BBC is also worth a look for students of New Think. Winston Smith is alive and well..
Political Compass
I was rather upset by my outcome on the political compass test. My result puts me unnervingly close to the Dalai Lama and the Green Party. 😳 On the brighter side I came out as Mastermind Rational (iNTj) in this test 🙂
All gone
It’s quiet…. too quiet. You can tell it is bad when I start wanting to add more smilies. :borg:
I Am So Proud
You Are Animal A complete lunatic, you’re operating on 100% animal instincts. You thrive on uncontrolled energy, and you’re downright scary. But you sure can beat a good drum. “Kill! Kill!” The Muppet Personality Test
Thought For The Day
I thought this was excellent when I heard it this morning and want to share it with you:- Today’s Thought For The Day on Radio 4 Jonathan Sacks, Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth talking about the furore over the ‘Danish cartoons”.
Simply Bananas
A peeling tale The Great Banana Revolution Should you peel bananas from the bottom up?
Seven Things
7 things to do before I die Learn to play the saxophone. Finish getting my black belt. Get a skipper’s certificate, buy a yacht and sail it round the world. Watch earthrise from the Libya Montes. Do something perfectly so that, just once, I can feel satisfied with what I have done. Own an island. […]
Man of Straw
Damning documentary evidence unveiled. Dissident bloggers in coordinated exposé of UK government lies over torture. Help us beat the British government’s gagging order by mirroring this information on your own site or blog! Constituent: “This question is for Mr Straw; Have you ever read any documents where the intelligence has been procured through torturous means?”