Monthly Archives: March 2010

British Soggy Time

Posted on March 31, 2010 by Nev

Now that the clocks have changed again most people are assuming that it’s summer and we should all be wearing shorts and sunglasses. Realistically, this heralds springtime more than anything else and rain – even snow – shouldn’t come as … Continue reading →

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Ineffective mnemonics

Posted on March 28, 2010 by Nev

The clocks changed last night and we’re now in British Summer Time. I can never remember which way they change and I find the old aide-mémoire “spring forward, fall back” (which I’ve just had to search for on Google) effectively … Continue reading →

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End of an era

Posted on March 25, 2010 by Nev

“He who dies with the most toys is, nonetheless, still dead.” – Riposte to the No Fear T-shirts of the mid-90s After four years of student life and nigh on a decade living as a bachelor, I’ve just taken a … Continue reading →

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Catch-up

Posted on March 23, 2010 by Nev

Being the first mover in a field can obviously provide you with a tremendous advantage – but only if you get it right. Judging by the response from the rest of the industry, Apple certainly got it right with the … Continue reading →

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Really?

Posted on March 21, 2010 by Nev

What is it with the demand for ‘realistic’ movies all of a sudden? Case in point: Roman Polanski’s new film The Ghost. Sidney Perkowitz suggests that every film should be allowed to ask us to suspend our disbelief on one … Continue reading →

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New features

Posted on March 17, 2010 by Nev

There’s talk afoot of the next iteration of the iPhone and it’s operating system and multitasking is getting a lot of mentions once again. Frankly, I can’t say that it’s personally something that I’m overly bothered about but maybe that’s … Continue reading →

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The unknown

Posted on March 6, 2010 by Nev

“He is educated who knows how to find out what he doesn’t know.” – George Simmel As I alluded to in my previous post, finding out what you don’t know has never been easier. While the mobile Internet has all … Continue reading →

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There may be trouble ahead

Posted on March 4, 2010 by Nev

Now I’m not an economist by trade nor training but in this day and age of Google and Wikipedia, educating yourself is far easier than it ever has been before. The odds are that we’ll have a hung parliament in … Continue reading →

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Olympic spirit

Posted on March 1, 2010 by Nev

The Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games got off to a horrible start with the death of the 21 year-old Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili during training and there’s no doubt that this terrible event will cast a dark shadow on the … Continue reading →

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