Hats off to the BBC for its series The Story Of Science. I stumbled upon it tonight and ended up a happy licence fee payer. Tonight’s first episode, presented in a passionate and accessible way by Michael Mosley, looked at the history of our understanding of the physical machinations of …
I am indebted to the Damn, I Wish I’d Thought Of That blog for posting a leaving speech from a guy I’d never heard of. Chris Pullman was “design visionary” at Boston based public broadcast service WGBH in Boston. This, Point 7, from his What I’ve Learned speech really resonated …
On my last trip to the Netherlands I took the train from Schipol into Amsterdam. If my kids had been there, they’d have been all excited about the double-decker train carriages. But what I like best about Dutch trains is the lack of gratuitous, pseudo-service announcements. The Dutch treat you …
Begins here first account of operative me, agent number 67, on arrival Midwestern American airport greater xxxxxx area. Flight xxxxxx. Date xxxxxx. Priority mission top success to complete. Code name : Operation Havoc. Chuck Palahniuk is an extreme dude. Correction, I have no idea what kind of dude Chuck Palahniuk …
Trepido, trepidas, trepidat. Trepidamus, trepidatis, trepidant. From the first declension Latin verb Trepidare. (To hurry with alarm, be in confusion, be agitated, be disturbed). All of the above currently apply to me. “Be disturbed” A good friend of mine recently paid a visit to the UK from his home in …
Some people have bigger feet than others. Some people have higher IQ’s than others. Some people have exceptionally big feet. Some people benefit from extreme intelligence. Key word = exceptionally. Key word = extreme. In fact most people have feet that are slightly bigger or slightly smaller than the average …
