Hurricane Katia off the east coast of the US could cause stormy weather to hit Scotland on Monday, according to forecasters in Miami.
In Mac OS X 10.7, known as Lion, Apple went with the “shake things up” philosophy. It follows an old Apple pattern of embracing what’s cool and progressive, and ruthlessly jettisoning what it considers antiquated. That’s great if you love stuff that’s cool and progressive, and not so great if you hate people moving your cheese.
Remember when civil servants, teachers, nurses, doctors and lollipop ladies crashed the stock market, wiped out banks, took billions in bonuses and paid no tax? No, me neither.
Flag of the The National Transitional Council of the Libyan Republic
Spotted in the West End of Glasgow, 26 June 2011
On an average wage today, half a second of work will pay for an hour of light. In 1950, the average wage earner worked eight seconds to run a conventional filament lamp; in 1880, 15 seconds of work was needed for a kerosene lamp; and more than six hours of work for an hour of light by tallow candle in the 1800s. In 1750BC, your average ancient Babylonian needed to work more than 50 hours to get an hour of light from a sesame oil lamp. That 43,200-fold improvement…
Why rational optimism beats ephemeral happiness, The Australian, 22 June 2011
Janet Albrechtsen summarizes Matt Ridley’s argument. (ht: sully)
Pokey LaFarge - La La Blues
Fan-feckin’tastic
Catch Pokey @ The Classic Grand, Glasgow, Saturday 26 June 2011
