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
Posted at 21:24 on Saturday 21st February 2009 in Blog, Politics tagged animation, economy, link, money, world, with no comments.
A fantastic photographic record of George W. Bush’s presidency, posted by Errol Morris at the New York Times.
Posted at 12:00 on Saturday 31st January 2009 in Blog, Politics tagged link, Photos, Politics, world_politics, with no comments.
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.
Posted at 11:36 on Sunday 26th October 2008 in Politics tagged environmental, financial, link, Politics, with no comments.
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 [...]
Posted at 22:49 on Sunday 5th October 2008 in Blog tagged food, Italian, link, pizza, Recipes, with no comments.
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 [...]
Posted at 20:39 on Monday 30th June 2008 in Blog tagged exam, language, link, school, with no comments.