Monthly Archives: January 2007

More deaths needed

Posted on January 18, 2007 by acb

One of the great questions of the Iraqi debacle is whether the West can any longer pay the price of imperialism. That is actually one of the things that Melanie Phillips gets right, though she does not notice the more … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Two stories of American Education

Posted on January 14, 2007 by acb

A middle-aged woman is facing forty years in prison in Connecticut for having spyware on her her school’s computer: Mrs Julie Amero has just been convicted on four counts of “risk of injury to a minor or impairing the morals … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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In praise of Melanie Phillips

Posted on January 13, 2007 by acb

It’s naive to suppose that the most informative newspapers are those which tell you the facts most reliably. Sometimes the newspapers that bring most news are full of lies; but if these are the lies which the powerful believe, or … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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The reasonable case against gays

Posted on January 13, 2007 by acb

in the Church cannot of course be made in public. It is this. They bitch, cabal, backbite and lobby for their own — in other words, they behave like evangelicals. Continue reading →

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Read and noted

Posted on January 12, 2007 by acb

Elaine Morgan, on childcare and feminism, in today’s Guardian: “What really went wrong is this. Everyone agreed that women should be free to work outside the home if we chose. We didn’t foresee that that would gradually morph into the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Short sillies

Posted on January 10, 2007 by acb

I just loosened the spacing on this page a little. I hope you don’t notice more than a vague improvement OK, Steve Wozniak is a hero. But still, this is one of the saddest photos I have ever seen. Though, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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coldy, tired, and too stupid for much

Posted on January 4, 2007 by acb

I none the less must post a link to this amazing PDF of the large-scale architectural models built of ice by a retired physics teacher in his garden in Gällivare over the last fifteen winters. They tower above his Volvo. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Yikes!

Posted on January 1, 2007 by acb

There is a very simple bit of javascript which will steal and display your entire Gmail contact list if you run it when are logged into Gmail. I have just tested it here, and got back a list of 103 … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Annual silliness

Posted on January 1, 2007 by acb

Rachel has tagged (spattered?) me with one of those nasty meme things. If I do it now, that’s my lot for the year. So, here goes: five things you had no reason to know about me, and which I don’t … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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