A Lovely Easter Message…

Found this online today, right at the end of Easter Sunday, from John Redwood:
The miscarriage of justice which resulted in the crucifixion of Jesus of Nazareth was a great event for both Christians and non Christians…. What should we learn from the Easter story? That you cannot make a weak government strong by seeking to [...]

Stop It With Your April Fools “Fun”

Excuse me while I vent, but Aprils Fools Day just isn’t fun anymore. Every single company wants to do something “wacky and zany” today and starts launching products that are almost, but not quite, possible.
With so many Web 2.0 ideas a touch silly, but given VC capital anyway, there’s little differentiation. So I quit. Nothing [...]

The Sunday Times is Pre-Revenue, Let’s Twitter That

I think Kevin Marks nails the reply to The Sunday Times Twitter article rather nicely:
Launched in 1821, The Sunday Times is the inescapable, old tech product. It boasts 1.2m readers — teeny compared to the BBC World Services’s 183m — but its audience has slumped in the past year.
Right now, the Australia-based company that [...]

Frak Earth – Let’s Start With Edinburgh

Always a sucker for some well done poetic graffiti…

Every day is exactly the same. There is no love here and no pain.
Anon, 2009.

I wonder what the whole story is behind this?

Education is Like a Box of Chocolates

Which evil confectioner decided that what you need to see while going through a very nice of designer chocolate is a complicated integral?
Personally I think it’s Slugworth.

Montalban and McGoohan

“We are gathered here today to pay final respects to our honoured dead. But it should be noted that this death takes place in the shadow of new life, the sunrise of a new world; a world that our beloved comrade gave his life to protect and nourish. He did not feel this sacrifice a [...]

The View From My Window

A cold and frosty start to the day, but doesn’t it looks wonderful. The Pentlands are in the distance, and Edinburgh Castle is just out of shot on the left.

Bringing Balance To The [OS] Force…

Quote of the day so far has to be in the New York Times article on Ubuntu, from the man driving the project, Mark Shuttleworth, the Self-Appointed Benevolent Dictator for Life.
“Look, I have a very privileged life, right?” Mr. Shuttleworth said. “I am a billionaire, bachelor, ex-cosmonaut. Life couldn’t easily be that much better. Being [...]

QI, Twitter and Children In Need

Best Twitter of the Children in Need night, from Stephen Fry:

Can Grand Theft Auto really ‘Corrupt Our Minds?’

So I’m sitting here, with my Mars Bar helping me work, rest and play today (as it does every day), and wondering just how much impact the ‘murder simulator‘ of Grand Theft Auto IV will have on the games players of today? I’m drinking a nice chilled glass of Coca-Cola (it is the real thing [...]

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