The Emperor’s New Vocabulary

Many years ago, I attended a conference in Amsterdam. I knew one of the people presenting so, a week or so before I warned him that I didn’t want his presentation to feature of the words ‘leverage’ or ‘synergy’. When the day arrived,...

Unintelligent Design

I’m an atheist. Its not something I generally shout or pontificate about, atheists tend not to, as pointed out by Richard Dawkins in the marvellous The God Delusion.I’m not here (yet) to go off an any particular anti-religious rant, I just felt the urge to...

The Unexpected Attractiveness of Random Broadcast Media

Driving home tonight listening to XFM we were pleased to hear the sudden appearance of This Charming Man by The Smiths. Clearly, a classic, but not often heard on the radio. Silence fell in the car, all talking stopped and, after a brief moment of listening, we sang...

Miniature Music

It wasn’t one of the most exciting things I have ever done, but I have just about finished ripping all my CDs onto hard drive. Something close to 40GB of the stuff. It took a long time but it has been worth it for a whole number of reasons.Firstly, and...

Turner Prize Nomination

Many silly, pointless things get nominated for the Turner Prize.I think art should be a thing of beauty, something that affects you emotionally, fills you with awe and wonder.Therefore, I’d like to nominate Denis Bergkamp’s goal against Argentina in the...