Monthly Archives: August 2006

More prescience from JSM

Posted on August 19, 2006 by acb

John Suart Mills’s depressive breakdown is most movingly described by his autobiography: what makes it fascinating is that it was a crisis of ideas as well as of emotions and desires. Some of them — such as the one I … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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A note from John Stuart Mill

Posted on August 19, 2006 by acb

I was reading his autobiography for an intro to Quinn’s Prank (column to come) and came across this: Writing for the press, cannot be recommended as a permanent resource to any one qualified to accomplish anything in the higher departments … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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This baby seal walks into a club …

Posted on August 19, 2006 by acb

A lovely story out of Svenska Dagbladet that a cookbook has been published, in Norwegian, Swedish and Finnish simultaneously, containing twelve recipes for seal. There is a more detailed treatment of this important story n Expressen, where the editor of … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Journalists and phone tapping

Posted on August 18, 2006 by acb

An interesting article in the UK Press Gazette on the ramifications of the recent arrest of the News of the World’s royal editor on charges of reading the voicemail of members of the royal household. Right down at the end, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Fun in the lunchbreak

Posted on August 18, 2006 by acb

Well, it turns out that all the people Tom Morris, who commented on my troubles with a mac minis was right, and that I could without too much trouble open up a mac mini. There are only eleven screws and … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Double or quits?

Posted on August 15, 2006 by acb

Bruce “Brute” Anderson was an inspired choice as an Independent columnist who would disturb the readers’ liberal sensibilities. He’s not stupid and he’s not nice: his trademark is aggressive contempt. All successful political columnists are interested in power and respectful … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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The rapacity of Apple

Posted on August 12, 2006 by acb

My mother’s Mac mini died on Thursday. The hard disk went. It was about fifteen months old and had seen very light usage indeed. So I took it into the Apple centre i Cambridge, where they sucked their teeth and … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Readers write

Posted on August 12, 2006 by acb

I had a piece in Salon yesterday, which may have drawn more feedback than I saw, since the boilerplate at the foot of the article points to an address I shut down years ago because of the spam. The letters … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Wildlife in Malmö

Posted on August 12, 2006 by acb

From Svenska Dagbladet today A family of wild mink is persecuting swimmers at Ribersborgs coldwater swimming pool in Malmö. Last week a man had to go to hospital after being bitten on the big toe. The mink also crap all … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Unexpected bonus

Posted on August 11, 2006 by acb

Some effects of the bomb plot which are of parochial interest: The Stop Stansted Expansion campaign has just won. No one is going to want to travel on a plane without any form of distraction, unless in a wondow seat. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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