Apr
14
e-Mail: to snoop or not to snoop?
April 14, 2012 | Leave a Comment
An article in the Sydney Morning Herald claims that 40% of IT administrators snoop on their company bosses’ e-Mails. As one of the commenters underneath the article succinctly puts it regarding that statistic: ‘crap’. I’d have to agree — 40% is way too low. In a previous life working for a large US multinational word got […]
Apr
3
Rediscovered track of the month: Apr ’12
April 3, 2012 | Leave a Comment
Tony Basil, Hey Mickey
Apr
3
The Wolfson Prize — a warning for the Greeks
April 3, 2012 | Leave a Comment
The Wolfson Prize shortlist was announced today. 11-year-old Jurre Hermans’ entry for the Prize got a special mention & contains the following instructions to be carried out in the event of a Greek citizen trying to change his Euros for something worth more than a drachma (like perhaps the Malian centime): So if a Greek man tries […]
Mar
5
Rediscovered track of the month: Mar ’12
March 5, 2012 | Leave a Comment
Billy Idol: White Wedding
Feb
27
Comic novels: Zahra’s Paradise & My Friend Dahmer
February 27, 2012 | Leave a Comment
Apart from a teenage Judge Dredd addiction I never was into comic books but in the past 2 weeks I’ve read two: Zahra’s Paradise by Amir and My Friend Dahmer by Derf Backderf. Zahra’s Paradise is set in the aftermath of Iran’s 2009 troubled elections. At the peak of the violence I was monitoring twitter […]
Feb
22
RIP Marie Colvin
February 22, 2012 | Leave a Comment
Reports coming in within the past hour suggest journalists Marie Colvin and Remi Ochlik have been killed. This comes a day or so after citizen journo Rami al Sayed met his death from Syrian shelling. Like many media folks I tried several times to get hold of Marie over the past few days but comms were difficult, […]
Feb
15
Stob Ghabhar by Moonlight
February 15, 2012 | Leave a Comment
At 3500 ft Stob Ghabhar commands respect in summer so a winter walk is definitely not something undertaken lightly but in February 2012 there was a sort of weather ‘Quickening’ where a confluence of certain elements produced a window of about 24 – 48 hours of almost perfect conditions for a climb. The photos below […]
Jan
31
Rediscovered track of the month: Feb ’12
January 31, 2012 | Leave a Comment
Wolfsbane have a new album out after 17 years. Here’s them back in ’88 or thereabouts: