Whatever crossed my time on the day, usually general muttering and rebelliousness over shady pricing by big companies, but also grammar, humour (100 funny insurance quotes is popular), and more
How much information can be found about you? True story: Many years ago – decades, actually! – I used to hang around IRC-based chat rooms talking to other techies and MUD gamers. One evening we got a troll, some annoying kid who believed the anonymity of the Internet allowed him to be rude, obnoxious and […]
Who owns data on you? Read More »
My grammar and general literacy skills aren’t as great as that of some of my friends, nor am I always as thorough in the proof-reading, but they do tend towards warm fuzzy feelings when I actually find a new or unfamiliar word in a book and have to look up. That’s after mentally ringing the
Eats, Shoots and Leaves. Aiming for grammatical balance. Read More »
This is fascinating research: The biggest biotech discovery of the century is about to change medicine forever . Basically they have found a way to use the bodies naturally immune system to allow creative recoding of your DNA. Fan of the Jason Bourne / Treadstone novels/films? Remember the plot of the last one – The
CRISPR and CAS9 – Key to the cure for everything? Read More »
Perhaps ironic that it was made by an insurance company, but I doubt many bankers or politicians would ever ‘get’ this commercial. The concept is, I believe, too alien to them! If you are want to look at more of their advert, their youtube page is : Thai Life It rather reminds me of something
Unsung Hero : Best commerical ever? Read More »
Here’s a few sobering facts to think about when you wonder about the future. Population : When I was born there were 3.1 billion people on the planet. As I write this (in 2015) there are now nearly 7.3 billion and that number is accelerating. At what point do we start to run out of
A few sobering facts about population and greed. Read More »
Black Friday descends once more on the UK and the world. Frenzied crowds pushing and shoving, fights in the ailses as literally millions of people pile into Asda, Tesco and other stores promising slashed price bargains for the first few through the door. Riots ensue, store are closed within minutes, police called out, ambulances called
Black Friday and marketing conformity Read More »
This post isn’t mine for a change, it’s something I read in one of Michael Heppell’s emailed newsletters that struck a chord with me, so I wrote to him and his team and asking if I could "steal" the newsletter and share it here. They kindly allowed me to reproduce it below. If you don’t
Sorry About The Terrible Mistake Read More »
In a recent article by Ars Technica entitled After moving money around, Google paid tiny amount in European taxes Basically the company created a shells company in Ireland to be its “European headquarters” and then set up a series of other shell company around the world – notably in Bermuda – and then charges its
Google 'cheats' UK and Europe out of billions in tax. Same old, same old! Read More »