Posts

  • 1st
    • How to queue at Wimbledon → I spent Friday night and Saturday morning queueing at Wimbledon! It would’ve been ten times better had it not rained near-continuously on the Saturday, but it was still marvellous fun nonetheless. This site about queueing was helpful. I have a couple of additions based on our experience. For the love of God, bring a tent. The party [...]
  • 2nd
    • A new country: Africa → BBC: African Union leaders are to discuss the idea of a pan-African government. Top of the list of proponents are Colonel Gaddafi and Robert Mugabe. I would laugh, but I don’t think they’re joking.
  • 4th
    • Why it’s good to shop with idiots → Dreamhost have a good blog for a large company. They just had a go at GoDaddy for being such shameless hucksters, but as a relatively informed customer, I take a different view. Companies like GoDaddy give huge discounts because they can make up the value of the discount - and more - by trying to [...]
  • 11th
    • OpenMoko → OpenMoko/Neo1973 is starting to look quite cool, especially in the face of the iPhone’s catastrophic lockdown. It’s somewhat larger than the iPhone - almost into PDA territory - but let’s face it, it is a PDA. And that’s fine! I’m willing to put up with a lot of rough edges for the sake of avoiding [...]
  • 16th
    • Repugnant markets and cage fighting → I listened to a radio programme last week! That’s the real news, because I never listen to radio. It was this Radio 4 programme about “repugnant markets”. I unfortunately missed the end, but the first half was good. They made an excellent point that what transactions we find repugnant have varied wildly over time: it [...]
  • 20th
    • Crooks and liars → Cash for honours! And they would’ve got away with it if it wasn’t for… oh wait, they did get away with it. Where are the meddling kids that will save us?
  • 27th
    • The Simpsons Movie and the phenomenon of the funny → I’ve seen more films than usual recently. Along with the washed-out, off-model, almost-King-of-the-Hill-style backgrounds in The Simpsons Movie, the notable thing I wish to comment on is the funniness of these films. First, The Simpsons. Well, how can you live up to 18 years of hype? It’s obviously not as good as the best of the [...]