The BBC Have You Say about the Virginia Tech shootings has (predictably) turned into a debate about the right to bear arms. There are, of course, many Americans who still believe that a society with free access to guns is safer than one without. And it doesn’t matter how much you try to persuade them… Continue reading The Right to Arm Bears
Blinking Blogs
Labour MP Austin Mitchell has a blog (he calls it a WeBLOG). Well, it’s a bit like a blog, but it doesn’t allow comments so it’s not really a blog. And it has a really horrible blink effect on some of the text that gives you a headache if you look at it for more… Continue reading Blinking Blogs
Dear News Media
Dear News Media, The son of the heir to the throne splitting up with his girlfriend is not news. You might stick it in as an “and finally” item on a slow news day, but you really shouldn’t be making such a big deal about it as you have been doing all day. Please stop.… Continue reading Dear News Media
Nerds in Space
According to a story on the BBC, Charles Simonyi has described himself as “the first nerd in space”. Wonder how Mark Shuttleworth feels about that.
Broken Apple Updates
I haven’t ranted about Apple here for some months, but the time is ripe. In February I ran a software update on my Mac Book and it downloaded and installed a lot of software. Included in that was Apple Airport Extreme Update 2007-001. After installing this update the Mac Book could no longer connect to… Continue reading Broken Apple Updates
The Hole In The Wall
Two or three years ago we got some damp in the wall behind the desk in my study. It seemed to go away for a while and we learned to live with the dodgy looking patch where the wallpaper and some of the plaster had come away. Over this long weekend, I decided that I… Continue reading The Hole In The Wall
Nice Surprises
Two nice surprises yesterday. Firstly, when I went into Forbidden Planet I found that they had copies of Fragile Things in paperback. I thought it wasn’t published for another month or so. Sure, I could have saved a few quid by getting it from Amazon, but I wanted it there and then. So I bought… Continue reading Nice Surprises
All Praise Matthew Parris
He speaks much sense: You are living, dear reader, at a watershed in human history. This is the century during which, after 2,000 years of what has been a pretty bloody marriage, faith and reason must agree to part, citing irreconcilable differences. So block your ears to the cooing voices on Thought for the Day,… Continue reading All Praise Matthew Parris
Not Watching Films
Sky have stitched up Virgin Media customers again. They’ve just reorganised all of their film channels. Instead of getting Sky Movies 1 to 9 and Sky Cinema 1 and 2 we now get a load of themed film channels – Sky Classics, Sky Premiere, Sky Horror, etc. Stitch-up number one: There are fewer channels now… Continue reading Not Watching Films
Pledge Successful
The pledge to send a copy of The God Delusion to every Westminster MP has succeeded (in fact, it’s now gone way beyond it’s target). I’ve just order a copy from Amazon to be sent to Martin Linton, my MP. All of the books should arrive over the next week or so. The pledge organiser… Continue reading Pledge Successful