Global warming not what it once was

Work has unfortunately made me late to this party, but has been observed this letter of resignation really does deserve the widest possible audience (I’ll put it below the fold though for all of you who’ve seen it before). As with everyone else I shall reproduce it in full and not say much more because there’s nothing I could add, though as someone that read physics that an institute like the APS could have sunk this low is saddening though not surprising if I was still a member I’d be looking quite closely at what the IoP was up to. … Continue reading

Three from the register

For those of you that already read the tech news site The Register, sorry for drawing your attention to three rather interesting articles on there today. Following on from Anna Raccoon’s article on ASBO’s given to prostitutes/a> the register observes that the police normally object to people publishing details of suspects under investigation. One would assume that unless caught actually in the act by the police, or even then, that a decent lawyer would be able to weaken the value of any witness statements if the ladies concerned ever get taken to trial on the grounds of all the publicity … Continue reading

A small grumble and a question

Catching up on that afore mentioned reading of blogs, the dauntless LegIron has commented on Bin rage which is currently a minor grumble of mine with currently no obvious solution. Where I live my non-recyling is taken away fortnightly which is usually fine I don’t normally have more than a shopping back of rubbish a week to throw out, so I have a small wheely bin, all well and good. Except every now and then I have a sort out, such as when my housemate/lodger moves out and suddenly my bin is full to over flowing. Now back in the … Continue reading