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 →

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 →

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 →

I used to sing this song every day to my first baby clown. Continue reading →

I joined the Navy as an artificer at HMS Fisgard in 1982. Continue reading →

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

Python. It’s not quite Ruby. Continue reading →

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 →

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.