Thursday, January 14, 2016

Heroes for today

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Richard Beard - novelist I have two heroes for you today. My first is Richard Beard , author of " Acts of the Assassins " whi...
Wednesday, January 13, 2016

"Acts of the Assassins" by Richard Beard

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  Amazon link So here's an interesting idea. The death of Jesus as a police procedural, updated to a twenty first century Roman Emp...
Monday, January 11, 2016

Desert Island MP3s

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So they said, "Like, you're on this desert island and you've got your Nexus 6 but, like, there's no signal but you've g...

David Bowie

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If it can happen to David Bowie, I guess it can happen to any of us. So much to choose from ...
Saturday, January 09, 2016

Home security: a failure to launch

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D-Link home surveillance camera Here's a surprise: in 2016 we'll be taking a few holidays. The last time we had an extended b...
Friday, January 08, 2016

"Superintelligence" by Nick Bostrom: a terrible book

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Derivative, dreary, uninspiring and not very original As promised a few days back , I have now force-marched my way through this tediou...
Thursday, January 07, 2016

Sherlock at Tyntesfield, criminals at the Probate Registry

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Today we visited Tyntesfield to explore the Sherlock trail. This National Trust property was used to film scenes for the Sherlock Christmas...
Wednesday, January 06, 2016

For once, the yeuk factor is real

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From the MIT Technology Review today. " ...  MIT Technology Review estimates that about 20 pregnancies of pig-human or sheep-hum...
Tuesday, January 05, 2016

Funding the Police

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My Speed Awareness course has now been booked for the afternoon of Thursday, February 4th 2016. So that's £80 for a four hour course, p...
Monday, January 04, 2016

Art

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In the great traditions of Clare's Galleria we bring you .. art! The Male Patriarchy. punching down onto the Oppressed The Wax...