Tim Harford and the distractions
I am rarely inspired these days. But I stumbled across this and was a bit uplifted. Even in dark days there is hope. And I learned something I never knew about the Koln concert.
I am rarely inspired these days. But I stumbled across this and was a bit uplifted. Even in dark days there is hope. And I learned something I never knew about the Koln concert.
In something of a surprising turn of events, I have managed to get quite a few things done this last week. Notably, a new web site, for deeply technical photography matters, and a new portfolio page for my photographs. Both of these have new and unique domain names. Somebody stop me! Firstly the new web…
In which I track down the sad story behind one of the chickadee’s favourite songs, reignite a love for South West Louisiana and Austin Texas, and learn about the very bad behavior of a respected journalist. In one of the interesting asides that make the LC such entertaining company, she mentioned in KL last week…
The Guardian in the last month has confirmed more or less everything I wrote back in June on Prism/Boundless intrusion. It’s true, tthe NSA/GCHQ are seeing everything. It’s not clear whether today’s revelations show that Snowden is still releasing information after his temporary asylum into Russia or whether it was done before he left…
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