Cynicalisation

There is a lot to like about being in NZ but motoring is not one of them. New Zealanders don’t shoot each other a la USA; they kill each ot...

It seems foolish to mourn the death of a man who didn't know me; nor I him in truth. More important is to note the contribution he made...

I read with interest about the recent UCU vote to boycott Israeli academia and their decision to talk some more . I read with even more i...

Had to have a go myself........

My grandfather taught me to read. To begin with he read to me on Wednesday nights; he would come over on the ferry we’d have boiled eggs an...

I’m p****d off over this Kathy Sierra thing for a lot of reasons. i) People who perpetrate such nastiness from behi...

dignity noun 1 stateliness, seriousness and formality of manner and appearance. 2 goodness and nobility of character. 3 calmness and se...

i) The scientist and the science cannot be separated. Polanyi's still influential work points out that the scientists are informed by ta...

Well I didn't get it quite right last March but it seems clear that change is on its way. Either Apple shifts the market a la EMI or th...

If this recent article is to be believed then Saudi Arabia wants nuclear power. Vladimir Putin has agreed to help the Saudis out. I think...

Been training for Ironman and have struggled to stay at the keyboard or indeed get to the keyboard for long enough to finish a decent piece ...

It doesn’t matter how angry I get with American foreign or indeed corporate policy my fury is tempered by the following things; i) ...

For fear of getting left out SWMBO and I want our say on what the alleged 11 Billion NZ operating surplus should be spent on: 1. Radical ...

Where have I been ? Weeeeeell he said fiddling with his fingers I’ve been busy and neglectful. Occasionally work requires some long hou...

Me and SWMBO managed to figure that today was not the day to go cycling. It was p*****g down and sounded pretty dangerous out there for a ...

It seems more people than ever want to leave the UK ; no surprises there then. What grabbed my interest was somebody prepared to take an i...

I can’t really write about this without having a quick bit of bio. I describe my father as a lapsed Jew, I should perhaps point out that h...

Sorry if by chance you have missed me. The truth is that she who must be obeyed and a number of valued friends managed to talk me into get...

Whilst I have ranted and railed against cars, I have to date avoided ranting at drivers themselves. However this exchange which Graham Reid...

As my life draws ever closer to middle age there are a relatively modest number of things that make me act with childish glee. Buying new C...