2009/01/26 21:54
I just discovered the other day, that Multimap have added a wonderful Bird's Eye view to their maps.It basically means the photos are taken from an angle, rather than directly above – see the examples next to this.I find this much easier to recognise and understand, but of course it means some objects are invisible because they're obscured by other...
2009/01/20 23:42
Der Erfinder des Dönerkebaps, Mahmut Aygün, ist gestorben.Er hat nicht das Dönerfleisch erfunden, nur das Fleisch mit der Joghurtsoße in eine Pita gefüllt, aber das allein ist ja auch eine hervorragende Erfindung!Ich finde es übrigens interessant, wie der Döner verschiedene Namen in verschieden Sprachen hat: Deutsch Döner, französisch kebab (und es gilt da als griechisch, nicht türkisch), dänisch shawarma (arabisch...
2009/01/31 23:38
Given that I’m about to get married, I have to give serious thought to the question of which tartan to wear.
Should I go for Buchanan because that’s the clan I’m marrying into? It’s not normally the done thing, although my daughter of course is a member of Clan Buchanan.
Or should I go for a non-clan tartan, such as the Danish one? Another option along these lines would be Glasgow, but it’s not exactly pretty.
A somewhat humorous choice would be McNeil, based on my mother’s maiden name, Nielsen. Not sure whether this would be considered a serious crime in some circles.
Finally, I could go for one of the really common ones that Scots tend to wear if they can’t get hold of the proper one, but that would be a bit boring, wouldn’t it?
2009/01/25 23:49
I forgot to blog this at the time, but there was an very interesting article in The Economist a few weeks ago.It was about a recent statistical study of recessions that had come up with some interesting results.House prices tend to fall 36% from their peak, and this fall takes five years. These two figures are fairly uniform.Equity prices fall even more, by 56%, but this is faster: Only 3½ years. These figures are also rather uniform.Rises in unemployment, on...
2009/01/22 23:10
Read this! (It started here, but there are more details in the former.)It'll be interesting to see whether Obama's team will confirm Dawn Butler's story.
2009/01/18 0:10
About three years ago, I decided to teach myself to paint.I bought a lot of oil paint, an easel and lots of canvases, and even more importantly, I found a most wonderful book called How to Paint Like the Impressionists...
2009/01/14 23:41
The Herald today was full about some ideas they've got about redrawing the council area map of Scotland.Basically, they want to reduce the number from 32 to 10.However, the resulting councils would still vary wildly in size – the largest...
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