Northern Rock proved that “irresponsible” lending is dangerous game for banks to play. If a bank has too many debtors who are over-extended, then it leaves itself wide open to punishment if suddenly the economic climate cools. In America, where mortgages are traded between banks and investors like coffee beans, bad debts have created a […]
Rachel writes it up.
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It’s just dawned on me that the hateful bastards in charge at Postman Pat PLC, have changed the the bloody theme tune. No longer is it “Postman Pat and his black and white cat”,no, it’s been replaced by a forgettable generic effort that washes over you like elevator muzak (hence why i just realised it […]
It seems I’m a bore.
Gus of 1820 has decided that this blog is a yawnfest and will be removed from his blogroll. I can’t say I blame him.
I just don’t seem to have the energy and vigour for political blogging that I once had. I spend most of my day getting stressed out that I […]
John Band has an interesting post here.
He claims that, despite the almost-constant media doom-mongering, the sky is not falling in on the UK’s economy. He makes a few valid points about like-for-like sales against the actual takings on the high street: -
It’s partly due to misleading reporting, of course. Hands up who read this morning’s […]
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I have two posts over at my tech blog: -
A Blockbuster of a mistake:
Blockbuster wants to take on the might of Apple, Microsoft, netflicks and the cable companies, who stream (and download) content directly to their customers’ homes. And it plans to do this by buying an outdated electronics retailer. Hmmm.
The Mac upgrade conundrum: […]
Is anyone actually surprised that at least one Lonely Planet guide hasn’t actually visited the places he’s written about? Have you ever followed a Lonely Planet guide? I picked up one for Russia, and found it completely unhelpful, as most of the tips on culture turned out to be well-worn clichés and had little in […]
An awesome photo and a beautiful story. By Thomas Hawk.
Seriously. Check it out.
I had a quick look at much-hyped Politics Home site, the brainchild of Stephan Shakespeare and Tim Montgomerie.
You’ll remember Shakespeare and Montgomerie from failed internet TV channel 18DoughtyStreet.
The “concept” of the site, apparently, is to become the ‘Bloomberg for Politics’. And I suppose the two sites do look similar (indeed one could argue that […]
Further to my post yesterday, Mr Eugenides has posted an “all bases covered” rant on the pro-Tibet protests.
Here’s the money-quote: -
Generally speaking, and with some exceptions, I am not in favour of sporting boycotts, at least not in isolation. It seems particularly harsh, for one thing, to pick on sportsmen and expect them to salve […]
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07/04/2008, originally uploaded by tygerland.net.
Taken with a Nokia N95 8GB. BTW. She’s *happy*, not angry.
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Those Parisians have extinguished the Olympic flame.
Twice.
Apparently is was so that the torch could escape protesters and be hidden on a bus. Things are getting nasty, as we saw in London, where the pocket-sized Konnie Huq was mugged by pro-Tibet protesters.
No doubt these campaigners will watch themselves on the news tonight. On their Chinese-made […]
twitter is cool, yeah, but let’s not get carried away…
According to ABC, a heated exchange between Bill Clinton and Bill Richardson (a former cabinet member in WJC’s administration) has shocked super-delegates in attendance.
Bill is declaring (to anyone who’ll listen) that “Obama cannot win”. Apparently, old Bill was “out of control”. Nice.
‘It was as if someone pulled the pin from a grenade.’
via. HuffPo, which also […]
