Reading the world news, I am often appalled by the actions of the Israeli armed forces. In fact, I’ve got a firm, recurrent irritation going on… and I sometimes wonder if I could be accused, then, of being anti-Semitic. Of course, I would retort that I am not against Jewish people in general, but more […]
A pretty amazing finding cropped up in the news today - though it’s all a bit tendentious at present.
The unusual geographic effect of the rabbit-proof fence in Western Australia has revealed to scientists that modern farming practices - apparently - lead to less rainfall on the farmed side of the fence. Maybe we have more […]
In my dream last night I discovered that all our night-time thoughts and feelings are recorded somewhere as plain-text files in a giant database. If we go to the correct location to access these files in the morning, we can check up on correspondences between our own night-thoughts and those of others, thus establishing the […]
Lately my music listening has been totally dominated by Riot Control NYC, a series of online mix-tapes from New Yorkers Burt Fox and Sonny Noir. I would recommend anyone to check these guys out - the range of styles they cover is enlightened, with soul, electro, hip-hop, 80s b-boy, latino, dub… and all the bits […]
Almost all the spam we receive is very very obviously spam. So do you find yourself wondering, just how many people actually take the bait?
Well, apparently the answer is: 1 in 12.5 million people.
I’ve got a review up at DailyInfo for Johnny’s Midnight Goggles, a rather strange show put on by cellist Matthew Sharp.
North Wall Arts Centre, Sat November 1st 2008
Matthew Sharp is a critically acclaimed cellist who has performed with the likes of the Royal and London Philharmonic orchestras. According to convention, Sharp should content himself with […]
Obama has been chosen as President in an absolute landslide result. He has been elected by a margin of 81-19, as voted by over 50,000 people from around the globe. No, I don’t mean the citizens of America - I mean the citizens of the world, voting in the Economist’s global election.
Unconfirmed Reports officially endorses […]