Were there subtitles?
Pressure of work meant that I missed Bush’s televised speech on Iraq, so I was forced to rely on the transcript and the pronouncements of… Read More »Were there subtitles?
June 2005
How far we've come
Earlier today, I posted a little piece about a classic children’s book on computing. When I got home, I found in my inbox an announcement… Read More »How far we've come
Michael Shermer channels the Intelligent Designer
Check out Michael Shermer’s delightful creation myth parody over at the Huffington Post: all the way from: “In the beginning – specifically on October 23,… Read More »Michael Shermer channels the Intelligent Designer
How It Works…The Computer
Someone has scanned in all the pages of the 1971 and 1979 editions of the Ladybird book How It Works…The Computer. This is wonderful stuff.… Read More »How It Works…The Computer
Reality TV
According to today’s Guardian: Channel 4 has teamed up with the award-winning film director Michael Winterbottom to make a docu-drama about three British Muslims who… Read More »Reality TV
Sad songs say so much
From Friday’s Guardian Review, “Tom Reynolds, author of I Hate Myself and Want to Die: The 52 Most Depressing Songs You’ve Ever Heard… offers his… Read More »Sad songs say so much
Somewhere, an Apple engineering manager is committing seppuku….
I just installed the latest version of Apple’s iTunes on my PowerBook, along with an updater for the software on my iPod. Perhaps I should… Read More »Somewhere, an Apple engineering manager is committing seppuku….
So long, 14th Amendment! Welcome to Scalia's two-tier USA
Over at Balkinization, Jack Balkin discusses Scalia’s uncompromising dissent in McCreary County v. ACLU, the courtroom 10 commandments case: Scalia forthrightly explains that the Establishment… Read More »So long, 14th Amendment! Welcome to Scalia's two-tier USA
Santorum on Catholic clergy sex abuse: it's all because of liberals….
In his attempt to beat out Karl Rove for the title of Most Shameless Fabricator of Guilt by Association, Senator Rick Santorum explains the origins… Read More »Santorum on Catholic clergy sex abuse: it's all because of liberals….
Visualising chaos
Over at whitelabel.org there’s a brilliant analysis of the state of the London Underground: “In Britain, where trains are so routinely late that punctuality has… Read More »Visualising chaos