Some random musings:
1) How can Google start providing a mapping service for Mars when they don’t even have names on their maps for Bermuda yet?
2) How do those detectives from Law and Order always manage to arrest the baddie when he is chairing a board meeting or speaking at a conference i.e. when [...]
The problem with the iPod generation is the tendency to transition from the purchase of complete albums to the download of individual tracks.
The issue is that a whole genre of art – that of album (and even single) cover design – will be relegated to the scrapheap. That’s a pity, because album covers [...]
It looks like 2006 will be another year of potential category 5 hurricanes, according to Reuters and MDA EarthSat Energy Weather.
That does not sound too good. The first storm to come through will be named Alberto. I also hope that we don’t end up resorting to Greek names again this year.
I spent most of this in Washington DC, but at the end of the week I had a meeting in New York down in one of the skyscrapers on Water Street (pictured on the right). Even though it was bitterly cold, with snow on the ground in places, I still realise every time I [...]