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Putting off what could be done tomorrow, today

Japan – a few stray thoughts

Before and after satellite shots of JapanI’ve mulled over whether to post anything about the events in Japan for a few days now. It is hard to think of anything meaningful or worthwhile to add. While “meaning” or “worth” are pretty flimsy concepts when it comes to most of my silly blogging topics, this is obviously quite different. In the grand scheme of things, what does my opinion matter? And why should I be even thinking in those terms in the face of thousands of deaths and a major nuclear crisis? Read the rest of this entry »

New adventures from my RSS Reader

Woman collecting books in a libraryAnd so, your correspondent tumbles towards the refuge of the weekend without offering you, the reader, a whole lot of insight, value or entertainment. It’s been a long week, and I doubt any further inspiration will spark anytime soon, so instead I’m falling back on other stuff I’ve read on the internet, that you may or may not enjoy. It’s a old, well-used format, but who doesn’t approve of a little link-love now and then? Read the rest of this entry »

Poll: Misquoting Kennedy

John F Kennedy, giving some speech or otherIn a meeting today I said “They need not to think about what we could do for them, but what they could do for us…to misquote Kennedy.” I was greeted with blank stares from my work colleagues.

So, poll time… Read the rest of this entry »

Damn statistics

Students working on a statistics machineNo real post today, just a futile attempt to keep things ticking along. I would like to say that this was inspired by my desire to stay engaged with my readership, to strike out once again into the big, bad world (wide web). But no. My motivation is that damn site stats page WordPress offers us. If I post something then I’ll (hopefully) get a spike in my stats and a warm, fuzzy feeling inside. Read the rest of this entry »

Critical Mass

Men reading the paperBeing the navel-gazing/thoughtful (delete as appropriate) guy that I am, I often think about the role blogging can, might and should play. The medium has progressed from mere online diary to something more substantial and worthwhile. But it is still ripe for attack from blogging sceptics. Read the rest of this entry »

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