Some rather depressing thoughts I had about the worlds current financial situation. Read More...

Should bad spelling be accepted?
This BBC news story asks that question. As some one that really needs a spell checker, where do I stand on this? Read More...

Okay this is not going to be a happy post.
Reading these two stories from the BBC, one about the economy and the other about the environment, crystalized some thoughts I’ve been having for a while... Read More...

Night of emotion:"Highs and lows as Russia takes Eurovision crown"
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So how is my life as an unemployed person going? Read More...

A different post this one. It came out of a conversation I had with a friend over lunch, in which we covered the war in Iraq, nuclear war, gas prices and strangely enough cheese! Yes we do talk about some real interesting stuff over lunch Read More...

Philip Pullman: Kill humans and ration heating:"
The Rose Tinted Spyglass
Move over Thom Yorke – there's another candidate for Britain's most miserable and mean-spirited millionaire. This week, fantasy book author Philip Pullman will join Radiohead's ginger whinger in calling for wartime austerity measures and top-down social control.…"
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BBC Rules That Wi-Fi Radiation Findings Were Wrong:"Stony Stevenson writes "A Panorama programme claiming that Wi-Fi creates three times as much radiation as mobile phone masts was 'misleading', an official BBC complaints ruling has found. The team involved in the research came under fire from the school where the 'investigations' were held for scaremongering, but now the BBC has come out with an official ruling. 'The programme included only one contributor (Professor Repacholi) who disagreed with Sir William, compared with three scientists and a number of other speakers (one of whom was introduced as a former cancer specialist) who seconded his concerns.'"
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F1: Alonso questions appeal:"Fernando Alonso says he would be "embarrassed" if his McLaren team-mate Lewis Hamilton won the world title on appeal."
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Big Brother is watching us, or so the BBC reports. So what's the big news, I ask? Read More...

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After all of the quite frankly sad goings on in the world of Formula 1 this week, we finally get back to what is important, the race! Read More...

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Our tip London and the Star Wars Exhibition. Read More...

As a non-smoker, what do I think the new laws banning smoking in all enclosed public spaces will achieve? Read More...

As I write this, it seems we in the UK are under terrorist attack again.
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It seems that sense is slowing returning to the BBC after it's Wi-Fi scare mongering. Read More...

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BBC Kicked out of School Over Wi-Fi Scaremongering: "h2g2bob writes 'Ben Goldacre reports that the BBC Panorama team, while scaremongering over the dangers of Wi-fi, were told to leave the school because even the kids could see it was dumb: 'When the children saw Alasdair's Powerwatch website, and the excellent picture of the insulating mesh beekeeper hat that he sells (£27) to protect your head from excess microwave exposure, they were astonished and outraged. Panorama were calmly expelled from the school.' Should we be pleased that the kids can out-think TV producers?'
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Here in the UK, thanks to this program from the well respected BBC we have the next health scare, Wi-Fi. Read More...

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So what do I think after another years marathon Eurovision song contest? Read More...

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Some thoughts on achieving your dreams. Read More...

My thoughts on an interesting debate. Read More...

Has man lost his will to explore? Read More...

Oh, dear. Grown men acting like 6 year olds in the play ground! Read More...

Came across this excellent article on Slashdot last this week. Detailed anaylis of building an interstellar ark Read More...

Apple online music shake-up plea: "Apple's Steve Jobs urges top record companies to begin selling songs online without security software."

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Time for some somber thoughts on the world. Read More...

Astronomers detect '10th planet': "Three US astronomers find a 10th planet, the largest object found in our Solar System since 1846."
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'Pyramid power' probes universe: "A radio telescope project in the Netherlands hopes to unravell the secrets of the universe."
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London blasts on Flickr and Wikipedia: By marc
I'm sure this point will be made repeatedly today, but waking up on the Pacific coast of the U.S., I found much better information about today's terrorist attacks in London by looking at the Wikipedia news page and the Flickr photo group than I did by looking at The New York Times and watching CNN. Of course both Flickr and Wikipedia are repeating information and images collected from major news outlets -- many of the Flickr photos are screenshots from television -- but they are both notable for collecting that information from so many sources.
(Via O'Reilly Radar.)
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More than 30 die in London blasts: "A series of bomb blasts on London's transport network leaves more than 30 dead and scores injured."
Blair: Terrorists won't win: "Tony Blair says terrorists will not destroy 'our way of life' with attacks aimed at 'all nations and civilised people'."
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London ready to deliver in 2012: "Lord Coe is determined to make an immediate start to preparations for the 2012 Olympics."
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Diesel 'could breach £1 a litre': "Low refinery capacity and rising crude prices could push diesel prices above £1 a litre, the Petrol Retailers Association warns."
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Schiavo case tests America: The death of Terri Schiavo this week has not ended America's painful ethical and political debate over individuals' right to die. Her husband wanted her to be allowed to die, but her parents fought against it and received support from the most powerful Americans in the land.
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Doh! Labour's slogan has a Simpsons feel
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Iraqis clash at UK polling station: "Iraqis clash with demonstrators against the election in their homeland outside a Manchester polling station."
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"Every 5 years, the CIA funds a detailed forecast of the future 15 years hence. The biggest trend identified in the latest report is the economic and technological rise of Asia." Read More...

Cloning of dead pets, Sci-fi? No it's here now. Read More...

My thoughts on the political wrangling over the location of the iter (international thermonuclear experimental reactor) project. Read More...

Dolphins rescuing humans! Why should they be doing that? Read More...

Concorde's return home for the last time ever. Read More...