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One hour on the UK internet Paid Members Public
 Fascinating how social media has come to dominate web use – and how the old “porn drives web innovation” maxim is clearly no longer true.More cogent [analysis at
There is no British Blogosphere Paid Members Public
A question [http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/technology/shanerichmond/sept07/britishblogosphere.htm] : > It’s been an interesting week for the British blogosphere. A week that has raised the question of whether there even is such a thing. The answer is twofold. The first is that the internet, by its nature,
London's transport is broken Paid Members Public
Sometimes a break can let you see things with new eyes. I haven’t commuted into or out of London by train for over three months now, and a blessed change it’s been. However, today an appointment in London in the morning and one in Sutton in the afternoon
physics is hard, and that's a good thing Paid Members Public
While I was away in France, the annual fracas over improved A level results broke out. Now, I know where I stand on this; I know people who work and teach in Higher Education and they’re seeing a decline in the educational quality of freshers, not an improvement. Here’
The British Way of Dying Paid Members Public
So, we’re all to work until we’re 68 [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4484226.stm], are we? Well that all seems very sensible, what with rising life expectancy and all. And then, I think about the fact my Dad died at 65 and it sends
400 years of pain Paid Members Public
What happened 400 years ago today? Unless you were listening to Today [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/today/] on Radio 4 this morning [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/today/runningorder/ram/today4_0820_20030725.ram], just as I was, you probably have absolutely no idea whatsoever. In fact,
