Ragged Clown

It's just a shadow you're seeing that he's chasing…


Monthly Archives: May 2012

May
26
2012

10 things

According to Ruth Margolis, American people are some of the loveliest you’ll ever meet and make us expats feel all warm, cuddly and very welcome. But just occasionally they do or say something that we Brits find a tad… eccentric. … Continue reading

May
26
2012

I’m Free

I read two articles this morning. The first was about the nature of the activity that we call science. The author uses the example of Anaximander’s realization that the Earth is not flat to illustrate what he believes to be … Continue reading

May
26
2012

Philosophical Comprehension

Here’s a quick way to test whether you understand what’s going on or whether you are still clueless like me. Scenario There are three people on a bus going to the beach. One person says “Does anyone want a newspaper?” … Continue reading

May
13
2012

Who else wants some?

Oglaf. The funniest comic on the interwebs (sometimes). It’s very naughty.

May
12
2012

Still dancing after all these years

I’ll celebrate my thousandth post with a quote from the same song that I quoted in my first. Yes, to dance beneath the diamond sky With one hand waving free, Silhouetted by the sea, Circled by the circus sands, With … Continue reading

May
11
2012

How to choose a programming language

Me: Do you know ruby or java? Other guy: No. Php and Javascript. Me: How about you? C#, maybe? Third guy: No. Just Perl. Me: Anyone know Python? All: No. Me: OK, me neither. Let’s do Python, then.