Apple ran one of the most famous television advertisements ever; the famous 1984 spot, implying that Apple would challenge the dominance of a certain company based in Redmond. Smaller than MicroSoft they may be, but they are more closed than the Empire of Gates [update - IBM, not MS. See comments]. Exhibit one is the [...]

Just back from seeing #Avatar in 3D. 'twas really very good # That's interesting. Venezuela one of the countries playing silly buggers at Copenhagen # It would appear that #RageAgainstTheMachine are the Christmas no. 1. # Altogether now: fuck you I won't do what you tell me # Am watching Oz Clarke and Hugh Dennis. [...]

Turns out that Christmas is a religious festival. I know, I’m as shocked as you are. Anyway, the Archbishop of Canterbury, in his Christmas address at Canterbury Cathedral, spoke on the theme of dependence. We are in the habit, he said, of thinking of dependence as a bad thing – alcohol dependence, for instance. In [...]

and a peaceful new year. xD.

What evidence would it take to convince you that climate change is occurring, serious and largely the result of human activity? Why do you think so many scientists and scientific organisations have said that they believe climate change is occurring, serious and largely the result of human activity? Are they bad scientists, dupes, conscious frauds [...]

Just received a scam email with subject 'Dear Victim'. Hmmm… # 1700 UK scientists say climate change is happening http://bit.ly/6TznVs # 140mph service to start London-Ashford. Peak time return? That'll be £48.70, if you please. Unbelievable. # Whoops – @labourhome New Labour – the worst government ever http://bit.ly/8XlZ2f # #IreallydontcareaboutXfactorWillyoupleaseshutupaboutit # No: RT @IanDouglas Would [...]

My day job involves working with various members of the Atlantic Treaty Association. There is a general feeling that working with Nato and working with the EU go hand in hand. This is especially pronounced amongst recent and aspirant members, but various associations, explicitly or otherwise, see their role as promoting ‘Euro-Atlantic integration’. I think [...]

Twitter has been hacked this morning by a group calling itself the Iranian Cyber Army, which have defaced it with a message in English and Farsi, now removed. When translated, it read: Iranian Cyber Army THIS SITE HAS BEEN HACKED BY IRANIAN CYBER ARMY iRANiAN.CYBER.ARMY@GMAIL.COM U.S.A. Think They Controlling And Managing Internet By Their Access, [...]

I’ve only been to Oslo once. It’s a lovely city; I arrived, though, on a winter’s Sunday afternoon. The cold and the habit of Osloers of spending the weekend outside the city meant that there were very few people out and about other than a slightly chilly Brit and a group of protesters outside the [...]