An interesting animation, which tries to explain the reasons behind the global “Credit Crisis™”. An American take on a problem that originated in America… The Crisis of Credit Visualized

Via John Gruber

Read this entry…

A fantastic photographic record of George W. Bush’s presidency, posted by Errol Morris at the New York Times.

Read this entry…

Another interesting article by George Monbiot in The Guardian which discusses the current economic and future environmental crises in terms of single term political goals.

Politics is the art of shifting trouble from the living to the unborn.

Read this entry…

After searching the internet for recipes for pizza dough, I tried this one by Anthony Worrall Thompson BBC - Food – Recipes – Perfect pizza dough, which was quite tasty. I made it with wholemeal stoneground flour, which gives a more filling base—although possibly not to everyone’s liking.

I have not quite perfected getting [...]

Read this entry…

Finally, some sense in the marking of exams…

BBC NEWS | Education | Review as expletive gets marks

the candidate had demonstrated more skills than one “who doesnt write anything at all”. ...

The pupil is reported to have written “fuck off”, and would have had another mark for adding an exclamation point.

3 out of 27 would be [...]

Read this entry…