God bless the internet.
It’s a phenomenal thing. I was watching (helping?) my boss restore a backup from our network server the other day and just thought who on earth would ever invent a computer. Just sitting there one day, pen in hand, paper and abacus on desk, and think - I bet I can get […]

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Our politicians sometimes lack a sense of metaphor. The French finance minister is saying that decisions should come ‘not from the grey sky of bureaucracy but from the fields, the people on the ground’.
It’s odd that socialists are losing badly, given the economy. Although perhaps people feel that the solution is to become more insular […]

A combination of an ill-timed text and a question about which of my parents I’m most like is a bad one, designed by the fates to send me spinning out of control.
I’m glad to say I have mostly regained it. Which shows how far I’ve come, I suppose.
On the other hand, I joked that I […]