Blog
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Stock Market Manipulation
Got to admire Jim Cramer for his honesty. Scary stuff, the market we’re all putting our pensions into is mixed up with high-octane gambling and technical manipulation. As an Apple...
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Siftables – I want them
[This is a TED talk on “Siftables”](http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/david_merrill_demos_siftables_the_smart_blocks.html) – little computers the size of building blocks which you can move around and they interact with each other. Such a simple idea...
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Thoughts on Twitter
I have to confess to feeling a bit like a Twitter newbie, but some thoughts might be of use. Twitter is excellent for sharing context at a distance. It gives...
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General Law of Laptop Relativity
Amusing post on the magic gap which seems to form between code that you write on your laptop but doesn’t work when you get it on the server – and...
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How a dictatorship develops
I’ve always been interested in the transition from democracy to dictatorship. [This article](http://www.lewrockwell.com/hornberger/hornberger100.html) about how Hitler came to power is a good if disturbing (with modern events in mind) read.
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Monty Python REST joke
[xml-dev – Re: \[xml-dev\] Monty Python REST joke](http://lists.xml.org/archives/xml-dev/200504/msg00260.html) is worth a read if you (like me) are struggling with the whole semantic web thing… > SEMANTIC KNIGHT: > None shall...