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Oblique Strategies. Creative thinking tips by Brian Eno and Peter Schmidt:
Both Schmidt and Eno realized that the pressures of time tended to steer them away from the ways of thinking they found most productive when the pressure was off. The Strategies were, then, a way to remind themselves of those habits of thinking - to […]

Gentlemen (for yes, today I address the males of my readership), the time has come. I have a vision, a vision that together we can find, once and for all time, which beer is The Greatest.

Behold! : The Beer Champions League. What is it? [...]

Whenever I need to write the word "grey" I get caught for

a moment in a logic loop. Both ‘grey’ and ‘gray’ are acceptable spellings, so I can’t decide which to use. Today I was [...]

At times it’s been pretty Baltic whilst Lara’s been away (see photo, taken last weekend from the top floor, click to enlarge). The pursuit of warmth has led me to take all kinds of special measures.
Top 5 ways to keep warm while your wife’s away:

Alcohol. Let’s be clear, I’m not saying I’ve been on the […]

Cleaning

up my hard drive this afternoon I rediscovered the Clone Wars. Set in the Star Wars timeline between Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith, Clone [...]

After a stinging rebuke in the pub last night I’ve updated the Celebrity

Spots page > The broken submission page has also been repaired, which probably accounts for the drop in numbers of spots [...]

If you have any time left after Zookeeper, give Squares 2 a go. It’s a superbly simple shockwave game liable [...]

The

System of the World by Neal Stephenson is the third and final part of his Baroque Cycle of novels, and I’ve just finished it. Since December I’ve been immersed in these books, totally [...]