Category Archives: Media

Apple Store Hacked?

Posted on May 8, 2012 by Jon

Well here’s a strange thing. I have this Capital One credit card that I never use. I have it sitting in a draw in case another card gets cancelled or something. It has not been used abroad or online since … Continue reading →

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Charity Shops

Posted on August 31, 2011 by Jon

I read an article a few years ago about how most charity shops don’t make a profit, they are just there to raise awareness of the charity by providing a permanent and cheap advertising billboard on the High Street. The … Continue reading →

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Disaster?

Posted on January 27, 2009 by Jon

The government of Israel has a policy of assassinating political leaders in Gaza. That means that the people who have ended up in charge of Hamas are the violent nutters rather that anyone who might be interested in a political … Continue reading →

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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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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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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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Big Jim

Posted on March 12, 2008 by Jon

I’ve been listening to Ivor Cutler a bit lately and, let’s face it, he doesn’t get played on the radio as often as he should be, so I decided to infringe the copyright and put some on here because there … Continue reading →

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