Monthly Archives: April 2006

A subbing error

Posted on April 19, 2006 by acb

I posted a version of the Cannibal Blogger piece down the page a little, before sending it off to the Guardian. It got held up there by the spam filters — this seems to happen to my copy quite often … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism | 4 Comments

Passive smoking

Posted on April 19, 2006 by acb

It’s quite common to see people in wheelchairs smoking at the entrance to hospitals, Usually they are in wheelchairs because they have had feet or toes amputated as a result of diabetes; if there is one thing guaranteed to worsen … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in Science without worms | 13 Comments

a note on nuclear power

Posted on April 18, 2006 by acb

There is an aerated letter in the Independent today from a Lib Dem spokesman in the Guardian complaining that the Finnish government is buying French nuclear reactors. This only makes sense, the writer says, because of huge state subsidies on … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in Blather | 4 Comments

The Cannibal Blogger

Posted on April 17, 2006 by acb

I just filed this to the gdn, and I am afraid that they will think the end, which is the whole point, is too strong. So I post it here anyway, below the fold, for tidyness, and also so my … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in Net stories | 12 Comments

Oops

Posted on April 16, 2006 by acb

If anyone reading this thinks they are having lunch with me on Tuesday 18th, could they make themselves known? I seem to have a blank appointment in my diary then — at least an appointment with a comma. It may … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in Blather | 3 Comments

Vienna notes

Posted on April 16, 2006 by acb

I didn’t have a very cultural time, since I had a nasty ear infection that made walking exhausting and music pointless. But I managed one good photograph, and saw enough of the city to remind myself how very much I … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in Travel notes | 3 Comments

Polish Catholic Radio denounces German Pope

Posted on April 13, 2006 by acb

I’m in Vienna right now, and stumbling down for a tourist breakfast I found a glorious story1 in Der Standard, bylined from Warsaw. A Polish Catholic radio Station, Radio Marja, whose programme could be summarised as “back to the2 Thirties” … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Further material on arseholes online

Posted on April 10, 2006 by acb

Madeleine Bunting has been a friend of mine, if not a particularly close one, for about ten years now, ever since we were rival religious affairs correspondents. I don’t always like what she writes or agree with it. But she’s … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in Net stories | 9 Comments

Someone else hates me

Posted on April 9, 2006 by acb

From feedback for an old Wormseye column: I read with interest your article in the Guardian entitled “A worm’s eye view”, for it never ceases to amaze me how journalists often miss the whole picture, when the hyperbole of sanctimonious … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism | 2 Comments

Dear nerdworld

Posted on April 9, 2006 by acb

Is there any way to convert a sizable MySQL database containing this blog to sqlite? Here are some of the ways that don’t work: Using the mt-db-convert.cgi script: this ought to work, but is killed by the reaper at Pair. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in nördig | 1 Comment