Reviews and other ponderings
There is a rumour published in The Observer today ( http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/jul/11/andrew-lansley-jobs-purge-nhs ) that Andrew Lansley, our new Minister for Health, is going to scrap the Food Standards Agency. I sincerely hope this isn’t true. If it is, I will consider it to be a terrible decision. The Food Standard Agency was established to keep those responsible [...]
When I was about 9, my favourite book in the world was Milliganimals by Spike Milligan. It was full of silly poems about animals (many of which I can still recite from memory), silly drawings of animals, and, best of all, the silliest story ever written, called Bald Twit Lion. It starts like this: “Once, [...]
I want to quickly put an unpopular opinion on record. I have a strong suspicion that Murdoch’s decision to charge for access to The Times Online will not fail. Clay Shirky, says the opposite here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/jul/05/clay-shirky-internet-television-newspapers I have read a lot in the last few months which takes it for granted that the paywall experiment [...]
I downloaded an app for my iPhone last night which really confused me. Called Doodle God, it is riding high in the Top Paid Downloads section, is the lowest possible price, and has a nearly perfect rating from users. How could I go wrong in buying it? I think I made my first mistake expecting [...]