Oct
15
Viruses — know thy enemy
October 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment
With all the talk in the press about Stuxnet doing the rounds I got a timely reminder last month that good ol’ fashioned nasty rootkit viruses are still around.
Jul
27
Alex Higgins RIP
July 27, 2010 | 1 Comment
Like many who grew up in the eighties it was impossible to ignore snooker’s heyday. Not long after colour technology made snooker palatable for TV audiences the characters of the game were unleashed on a public hungry to learn more about this weird ‘sport’. I remember lapping it all up.
Jul
21
Bill Gates on the iPhone
July 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Ever wanted to ask a famous billionaire a question and have listened in vain to countless interviews with said person and urged the interviewer to ask the question you wanted? I finally got my wish. A few months ago I wrote here about how Bill Gates predicted the iPhone (he called it the “wallet PC”) […]
Jul
7
Kagame on African Aid
July 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Last year in Tanzania I interviewed leading economist Jeffrey Sachs about aid to Africa. He was quite dismissive of my suggestion that South Korea was a good example of how a country can come from behind and make it without succumbing to all the problems that have plagued African countries (a suggestion incidentally which I […]
Jun
4
The Macondo Well — the Marquez connection
June 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Does someone at BP have a literary bent or is it just a coincidence? The Deepwater Horizon catastrophe which struck back in April (and which is still inflicting so much grief to the people of the gulf of Mexico today) was caused by a ruptured undersea well which was named Macondo. Now who named this […]
Apr
26
The Rules of the Game of Bao
April 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Last year on a trip to Tanzania I posted on BBCAfricaSlowdown.com a video of some guys in Dar es Salaam playing Bao.
Apr
19
Move over Colin Prior . . .
April 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment
For years there’s only been one name in Highland photography . . . walk into any branch of Graham Tiso’s in most Scottish towns from Fort William to Edinburgh and those stunning glass-framed shots of Glencoe selling for £120+ on the walls are almost surely taken by the brilliant and much-respected Colin Prior.
Apr
1
Goldheart Assembly, ICA, 31st March
April 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment
The following review appears in the latest edition of London’ premier music ‘zine, London Tour Dates The modern face of British folk-pop fandom is morphing and merging. These days at a gig you’re just as likely to see willowy Goldsmiths students called Francesca supping cocktails as a crusty holding a plastic pint glass, although to […]