Bust the brainy kids - you know it makes sense!
Although this little gem of a story happened in the US, I have no doubt that given a few more months it's likely to happen here. Well...I don't know...at least the Yanks encourage science and technol…
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Myleene Klass, 'PC' and PCs
This is a long story in celebrity terms...but stay with me. It's one of those tales where we can't tell who's version of what happened is actually the right one - so many versions of what happened it…
Google does the right thing (for Google, that is)
For a long time I've taken the mickey out of Google's famous slogan 'Do No Evil'. I mean, most companies and individuals go through life with their ethical and moral compass intact and manage to perf…
Enough toys for the boys (and girls)?
I'll be honest; I'm rarely rising the bleeding edge of technology. Despite being professionally involved in IT and electronics since 1982, it's safe to say that I'm not one of the guys who gets calls…
When Twitter gets like TV - lots of repeats!
As some of you may know, I'm a newbie at Twitter. indeed, my first efforts were not impressive, I stopped, then re-joined with better results. My saga and comments are briefly recorded in these two …
The pleasure of the period-piece detective
I think my interest in what might be called 'period piece detectives' started many years ago, when I watched the big screen version of 'Death on the Nile' featuring the wonderful Peter Ustinov as Herc…
Online Exhibitionists affect privacy for us all...
I came up with the title for this piece after reading this article on the BBC Website about people who the authors of a paper called 'online exhibitionists. The idea is that much privacy legislation …
Can we handle the 'cold snap' more effectively?
As the UK proves once again that it can't handle bad weather, there was an infuriating 'talking head' on the TV news the other day reminding all workers, everywhere, that if they can't get in to work,…
Get the habit!
If you take a look at the section of this blog that lists posts by the month in which they appear, you'll see that whilst recent months have been pretty regular, there have been some hiatuses in the p…
The last freedom moped from nowhere city....
Back in the 1980s there was a sit com on British TV called'The Young Ones'), which was based in a student house and followed the surreal adventures of the students who lived there. One of the charact…