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The FIFA World Cup is, of course, a festival of football. For a little over a month, every four...
The FIFA World Cup is, of course, a festival of football. For a little over a month, every four...
In the comments for a recent post, Toni asked a great question, “I wonder, a little bit, whether the...
While reading Ralph Waldo Emerson this morning, the following lines made me pause, “I hate this shallow Americanism which...
As I look back over the past year, one word comes to mind – push. With nearly two thirds...
It’s been a great world cup from my perspective. I’ve managed to see a lot of games and am...
Having acclimatised to a Northern Hemisphere summer (it was a humid 31 degrees Celsius when we left Hong Kong),...
For a long time, the “about me” section of this blog didn’t change much. Partly that was because my...
In case you hadn’t heard, the FIFA World Cup begins tonight. Eight years ago I ran a small world...
Privacy is a question that attracts constant attention from users of the world wide web. That’s not surprising because...
My big, simple goal this year is to be more productive. That doesn’t just mean doing more stuff, it...
I didn’t always have a food category on this blog. My goal was never to write about food, but...
This last week I started handing out a new set of cards to a select few people. These are...
Given that in February I made some very positive comments about the iPad I thought I should explain why...
It is often said that the most important part of Science Fiction is not the science, but the fiction....
“When I (re)started blogging in 2004 my life was a mess. I was in a strange country, struggling with...
After (nearly) nine years of blogging I have a few regrets. It would have been better for me to...