2013 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2013 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A San Francisco cable …
Category Archives: 2013 Posts
Three more years
It’s not often that a government announcement sees me punching my fist in the air and shouting “brilliant”, but it …
Heat and light. Mostly heat.
I did what you’re meant to do. I compared energy tariffs, picked one and switched. On the basis of current …
Remembrance observations
There were plenty of poppies on view in Oxford last week, but most of them weren’t being worn. There was …
Poppies
Have you bought a poppy this year? Poppy wearing is something I’ve become increasingly ambivalent about over the years. Time …
Sugar
The memory of that accusation still ignites that most visceral of appeals to justice … “THAT’S NOT FAIR!”, I screamed …
Spreading the word
Regular readers will be fascinated to learn that your correspondent’s blog has been quoted from the pulpit. To be precise, …
Good question
This year’s best question, to date, is undoubtedly “Why do humans like to cry?“, but “Can a robot have a …
Consumer power
Yesterday Scottish and Southern Electric (SSE) put their prices up by 8%. Today I switched my supply to … drum …
Culture
Saturday evening saw a rare excursion into the world of high culture in the shape of a concert by The …
