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Monthly Archives July 2006

Peace and surfing

Dr Rice talks about ’stability and peace’ in the Middle East. In that certain sequence, as in law and then order. Not ‘peace and stability’, God forbid. She should know, it’s the same difference between ‘a black woman’ and ‘a woman who is black’ - for a social scientist this question is non-trivial. It’s subject [...]

Posted 21 July 2006 † Stuart § Brain teasers § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) °

Chicken & egg

What came 1st, the chicken or the egg? Personally I don’t think you can’t separate the two; it’s asking what came first is wrong..

Posted 20 July 2006 † Stuart § Brain teasers § Complexity § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) °

South Norfolk style

Enjoyed hearing about the innovative use of free mobiles from O2 to young people in South Norfolk to get them to engage more with the ‘democratic process’..

Posted 19 July 2006 † Stuart § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) °

Hit the road with you inner child

Getting to grips with the ‘inner child’..thanks to Gran Turismo 3 (on offer at

Posted 19 July 2006 † Stuart § Comedy § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) °

How my generation lost the plot

I enjoyed skimming through Charlotte Raven’s Guardian piece on how the pressures of parenthood so easily force you to lose liberal principles and accept conservative reality..

Posted 17 July 2006 † Stuart § Family tales § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) °

Don’t die a web editor

It’s Rembrandt’s 400th birthday. No wonder he looks a bit grumpy. Hey, get a real job (eg: ‘web editor’). No come to think of it, to quote Michelle, “Don’t die a web editor”!

Posted 16 July 2006 † Stuart § Art § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) °

Don’t die a web editor

It’s Rembrandt’s 400th birthday. No wonder he looks a bit grumpy. Hey, get a real job (eg: ‘web editor’). No come to think of it, to quote Michelle, “Don’t die a web editor”!

Posted 16 July 2006 † Stuart § Art § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) °

Don’t die a web editor

It’s Rembrandt’s 400th birthday. No wonder he looks a bit grumpy. Hey, get a real job (eg: ‘web editor’). No come to think of it, to quote Michelle, “Don’t die a web editor”!

Posted 16 July 2006 † Stuart § Art § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) °

The logic of prohibition

There’s a report on the BBC which says “a senior police officer has joined calls for heroin to be made available on the NHS to help tackle an explosion in crack cocaine use. Cleveland Police Det Supt Tom Stoddart said heroin is a “gateway” to crack.

Posted 15 July 2006 † Stuart § Brain teasers § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) °

Marry before/after the World Cup?

Didn’t Brazil international midfielder Kaka say originally that he would marry after the 2006 World Cup in Germany. “I’ll get married after the Cup, hopefully with the title won,” the AC Milan player told Globo TV. I guess he had a quiet word with God, and figured that just in case Brazil didn’t win, marriage [...]

Posted 14 July 2006 † Stuart § 2006 World Cup § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) °