Archive for February, 2010
I once had a friend at university, well more an associate really, who complained, ‘why can’t they write books simple enough that I can understand them?’ This is a common complaint, and the answer in many cases is as follows. Firstly, there often are books that present simple information but the same people who complain about [ READ MORE ]
So, you’ve gone through all the discomfort of shaving your haven (or more painfully waxing your lyrical). It is now a pubic hair free zone. Proud to be Hollywood. The Full Brazilian. Your next thought for your denuded mound is naturally to replace the unsightly hair so fastidiously removed with a mineralised merkin. Well, I figure it’s [ READ MORE ]
Looking at the profile of visits to my blog I notice that some articles attract much more traffic than others. This is, of course, to be expected. But some articles are so disproportionately visited it started my thinking. Do I use this information to target my blog posts so as to attract more views, or [ READ MORE ]
There is much to hate about the Global Warming movement, especially the politics involved. Any query is met with, ‘denialist!’, irrespective of the merit of the question. There is also a tendency to overstate the case. A Newsnight episode back at the start of December 2009 invited an ex-scientific advisor to the UK government to [ READ MORE ]
Well, so far my change in eating habit has been successful. I’m losing just over a pound a week, so slow and steady. It requires a little mental fortitude, but not an excessive sacrifice of life’s small pleasures. Eating once a day, cutting out snacks during the week, and only drinking a pint with my [ READ MORE ]
Okay, I know it’s not spring yet, but you get the idea. I was fed up with running with only 10GB or so free disk space and I don’t want to void my support contract by replacing the existing 250GB hard-drive with a larger one (I have a pre-2009 Macbook Pro and replacing the hard-drive [ READ MORE ]
There are currently few exploits for OS X in the wild (oh yes, there are a few, so let’s not be complacent). There are several reasons for this; primarily, the market share of OS X in the operating system market is small enough that it is less likely to be attacked (why go for 5% [ READ MORE ]
Well, despite my best intentions, I’m slipping with my goal of a post each day. It’s not that there is a lack of subjects to post about, it’s simply a matter of time and effort. Producing a post, even a short one like this, takes time and at least some thought. Frankly, dealing with bigger [ READ MORE ]
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