Exploding Marmite!
The Register reports that the House of Lords debated the ban on carrying liquids onto planes, and thereby demonstrated that British politicians are as stupid… Read More »Exploding Marmite!
October 2007
Leopard: the complete review
Or at any rate, the closest thing to a a complete review that you’re going to find outside a $20 book. We’re talking about Mac… Read More »Leopard: the complete review
Flexcar merges with Zipcar
Flexcar and Zipcar have just announced that they’re merging. This is excellent news. It means that I’ll be able to rent vehicles as and when… Read More »Flexcar merges with Zipcar
"Takeover"
Andrew Sullivan has posted a review of “Takeover: The Return of the Imperial Presidency” by Charles Savage. It looks like an essential, if blood-pressure-raising, read.… Read More »"Takeover"
So much for the Spinning Dancer
A couple of weeks ago, I ((and most of the blogosphere)) linked to a cool optical illusion of a spinning dancer. At the time, I… Read More »So much for the Spinning Dancer
Congratulations Boston Red Sox
Boston seems to be dominating in American sports these days… pretty amazing. I’m hoisting a glass of bubbly in the general direction of the Sox.… Read More »Congratulations Boston Red Sox
Upgrading to Leopard
I picked up a copy of the new Macintosh OS X, Leopard, and installed it last night on my PowerBook. It was rather more troublesome… Read More »Upgrading to Leopard
The straw that breaks the camel's back
King Kaufman, Salon’s sports correspondent: So I was thinking to myself, “What’s the deal with all this schlocky movie music Fox has been using on… Read More »The straw that breaks the camel's back
"Laws Are for Other People"
Here’s Christopher Orr in TNR: Whether he intended to or not, at a town meeting in Iowa last night Rudy Giuliani offered what may be… Read More »"Laws Are for Other People"
"Never Attribute To Malice That Which Can Be Adequately Explained By Stupidity."
Quite apart from ignoring their own End User License Agreements, it now appears that Microsoft doesn’t understand the concepts of A/B testing and “phased deployment”.… Read More »"Never Attribute To Malice That Which Can Be Adequately Explained By Stupidity."