Author Archives: Jon

Uncertainty

Posted on December 8, 2008 by Jon

Some researchers at Edinburgh University have just published a report about how easy it is to buy prescription-only medicines online. They visited sites which they found via Google and Yahoo but they did not take the final step of actually … Continue reading →

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Debt

Posted on November 27, 2008 by Jon

Basing the growth of your economy on people borrowing money, as opposed to relying on increased productivity, doesn’t seem like a very sensible idea. An Austrian ecomomist called Ludwig von Mises described the problem very nicely: It may sometimes be … Continue reading →

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Robert Burns

Posted on August 15, 2008 by Jon

It’s funny seeing the terrible fuss some Scottish people are making after Jeremy Paxman described (accurately in my view) Robert Burns’ poetry as sentimental doggerel. It often feels like a good result if one can make it through any conversation … Continue reading →

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Your Sex

Posted on August 11, 2008 by Jon

Here’s a cool little script that estimates your gender based on the sites you’ve visited. How does it know where you’ve been? Now there’s the question.

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Liberal

Posted on June 12, 2008 by Jon

If the main division in modern politics is between liberal and authoritarian then I am a liberal and if David Davis was standing against Labour in my constituency on the issue of 42-days I don’t see how I could vote … Continue reading →

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Did you know?

Posted on May 18, 2008 by Jon

Would you believe that an adjustable spanner is called, in French, a Clé Anglaise? English Key. What are they getting at?

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Staring

Posted on May 18, 2008 by Jon

I know I’m only posting videos on here these days. I’m too busy writing music to do anything else. Sorry. Who am I kidding? I know nobody cares. Anyway, look at MRirian (and she’ll look at you), or you could … Continue reading →

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Miranda July

Posted on May 1, 2008 by Jon

I don’t love her like I want to marry her, although I suspect it would be great being married to her, well at least really interesting and stimulating, but I do love Miranda July more than anyone else in the … Continue reading →

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Bless Him

Posted on April 24, 2008 by Jon

Counting every sneeze! Pete Fletcher thinks he can do it. He’s up to 562 already. I hope he doesn’t have hay fever. sneezecount.joyfeed.com

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BBC World News

Posted on April 21, 2008 by Jon

So, today the BBC launched BBC World News, the new name for their global channel BBC World. They’ve changed the on-screen branding and everything. There’s one thing that won’t be changing though – the website remains www.bbcworld.com for now as they … Continue reading →

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