This might come as a bit of a surprise to some of you, but I don’t think it’s necessary to ban religion. Of course I believe that it’s all completely pointless and that people who follow religions are completely wasting their time. But wasting your time isn’t necessarily a bad thing. I’ve wasted more than… Continue reading Balham Community Church
Author: Dave Cross
O’Reilly Interview
I’ve been interviewed by O’Reilly UK for their new blog Scenius. Apparently, I’m the Techie’s Techie. Which is nice.
It Was Twenty Years Ago Today…
…that the media was full of articles that started “It Was Twenty Years Ago Today“.
Many Days Later
The perils of downloading the new version of Fedora on the day that it is released! Anyway, the release notes are online. What are you waiting for? Go get it. Update: It actually took about 18 hours. So I’ll be able to start playing with it on Sunday once the Perl Teach-In is over.
Pop Quiz
Because a conversation on IRC just reminded me of one of them, here are my two favourite pop quiz questions. Feel free to answer in the comments. People who were taking an interest in music in the 70s and 80s may have an advantage. Question 1 (the easy one): What connects Queen’s “Sheer Heart Attack”,… Continue reading Pop Quiz
Creation “Museum” Opens
The Creation “Museum” in Kentucky finally opened its doors to the public yesterday. There are some photos here. It looks a real hoot. I’m almost tempted to go and take a closer look. It’s not, of course, a museum by any meaningful definition of the word. The Times article, unfortunately, has more than its fair… Continue reading Creation “Museum” Opens
BBC Programme Credits
I’m a bit behind here, but I was just catching up on some newsgroups[1] when I saw someone mention Charlie Brooker’s Guardian column from a couple of weeks ago. In it he points to the BBC’s latest guideline for the production of programme credits. Basically they are laying down a far stricter set of guidelines… Continue reading BBC Programme Credits
Cyber-Stalking
If you live in London, then Rachel would appreciate your help. Update: The story was covered in today’s Sunday Telegraph
Local News
The internet is a fabulous source of news. And it’s now becoming so ubiquitous that you can find out local things that you might never find out otherwise. Here’s a slightly sad example. Harry is a local celebrity. He’s never far from the bar of our local pub. He lives on our road and you… Continue reading Local News
The Wrecking of British Science
Excellent article in today’s Guardian by Nobel laureate Harry Kroto. I was happy enough when he was making points like Thirty per cent of physics departments have either been closed or merged in the past five years. What is one to make of the deafening silence of ministers when, last year, the small Sussex chemistry… Continue reading The Wrecking of British Science