Reviews and other ponderings
I have always been a huge fan of the stand-up comedian Stewart Lee, and watch everything he does. I recently read his superb book ‘How I Escaped My Certain Fate‘, and loved it. He is not to everyone’s taste: no matter. My devotion to his work is unshakeable. He recently announced, via a rather angry [...]
I have always had messy handwriting. I got into no end of trouble at school because of it, and frequently had to rewrite my school work until my teachers could read it, or they could be convinced that I could read it. This weakness was repulsive to me, and I admired people who seemed able [...]
There is a great short story by Jorge Luis Borges, called the Library of Babel, in which he describes a fantasy library, containing every possible book. Almost all the books are total gibberish, containing every possible combination of the letters of the alphabet, but a tantalising few contain snatches of meaning. And, logically, there must [...]
I might be being very stupid, but it seems to me that there are some contradictions at work at the moment. • A few days ago, several news organisations complained that Google News linking to their content reduced the value of their brand. Most people I know, follow or read felt that this was yet [...]