More Nonsense on Rail
With friends like these, rail doesn’t need enemies. Tamsin Omond writes a screed in favour of rail that makes me – a railwayman – cringe […]
Articles by Longrider
The End is Nigh
Well, make the most of it, the world ends today. According to the fundamentalist Harold Camping, today, May 21st 2011 is the day when the […]
Mobile Phone Wallets
Given that it has already been available in Japan for a while now, it was inevitable that the idea of a mobile phone based e-wallet […]
Migraine Postdrome
I have often mentioned to those who do not suffer migraines, that I feel hungover following an attack. I’ve not given it much thought, just […]
More Digital and Spamming
About ten days ago I received an unsolicited email from a company called More Digital. It was the usual request; would I host adverts on […]
Old Lies, Old labour
Margaret Hodge can’t take no for an answer. She thinks that ID cards will help with controlling immigration. “Without ID cards you can’t control borders […]
And it Has What, Precisely, to do With You?
The Aussies are into planking apparently. This means getting oneself photographed lying, like a plank, in unusual places. One such planker fell off a balcony […]
“We” Do, do We?
I do so love the progressive “we” – a bit like the Royal “We” but more presumptuous. You only have to read the headline to […]
The Killing of Little Louis – Almost
Little Louis is a cat. Well, a large kitten these days. He is a younger brother of our Louis. We called him little Louis for fairly obvious […]
More Thoughts on Mass Medication
Further to my thoughts on the idea of mass medication of the healthy over at Orphans, I see that my feelings are echoed by Cristina […]