Monthly Archives: October 2007
Oink’s Pink Palace
The BBC are reporting that the exclusive, members-only torrent tracker Oink’s Pink Palace has been closed down. It’s a shame but to be honest I am surprised it has taken this long. The site had really strict rules about members … Continue reading
Inheritance Tax
Are you unsure about what the recent changes to inheritance tax mean? If you jointly own a house worth more than £600,000 and you’re not married the new rules mean that there is now a significant financial reason to get … Continue reading
How parenting goes wrong
You get tired and irritable, your children annoy you. You tell them off about everything and stop them from doing the things they want to do. Your time with them becomes wearing and you long for some time to yourself. … Continue reading
Catholic Macs
From Wired – Umberto Eco, the Italian semiologist, once famously compared Macs and PCs to the two main branches of the Christian faith: Catholics and Protestants. The Mac is Catholic, he wrote in his back-page column of the Italian news … Continue reading
Postal Strike
The postmen are going on strike, and the news story about it didn’t really say why. On the postal union’s site there was a Message to the Public which I didn’t find persuasive. They talked about how they were faced … Continue reading