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Smart People in a Stupid World: Smart Blogs
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Smart People in a Stupid World. A survival guide for living in a world of morons. Monday, 14 May 2007. Without doubt, the burning question on every blogger's mind is, "How do I get a plug from Richie? Well, you should have a blog that is intelligent, witty, informative, entertaining and written in a style that would have Hemingway fuming with envy*. Washed and Ready to Eat. Is just such a blog! Failing that, just give me a plug and I'll do the same. ;). You're not bothered that. Stop with just one. You k...
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Hoff Limits: June 2011
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Our Sage knows his onions. Take Fousquare, for example, which this week passed the 10 million-user mark (story here. More sinister was the website that was created in response, called http:/ www.pleaserobme.com/. That nicely highlighted the flip-side of this apparently wanton declaration of openness: that telling people where you were also told them where you. So I suppose I shouldn't be surprised to see the next escalation in this Social Media arms race, via a story. When I sat down to work it out, I wo...
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Hoff Limits: February 2012
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Our Sage knows his onions. I don't often give much thought to Scottish politics, as it doesn't often give much thought to me. Even rarer is it for me to feel much sympathy for David Cameron. But both these things happened yesterday, so I thought I should write something down before I forgot to mark it on the calendar. How about a sprinkling of military autonomy? Does that mean independence trumps all, and subsequent questions are redundant? Or does it, in fact, undermine the case for full independence by...
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Hoff Limits: August 2012
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Our Sage knows his onions. What a difference a Games makes. Two stories emerged today that made me think that maybe the idea of a legacy is not simply the marketing shtick some have decried it as. First, that high-profile NHS hospitals are being encouraged to expand operations overseas. I can't help thinking the reaction would have been quite different a few weeks ago. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile. To be the weatherman who knows which way the wind blows. The enemies of reason.
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Hoff Limits: September 2013
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Our Sage knows his onions. For whom the road tolls. The final phase of this river crossing - the Queen Elizabeth II Bridge, opened in 1991 - they granted them a 20 year licence to collect revenue. It was naively expected that the government of the day would scrap the toll once the debt had been repaid and a suitable maintenance fund had been accumulated,. Which was deemed to have occurred on 31 March 2002. Sir Rod Eddington, in a 2006 report for the DfT, estimated a total closure of a single junction of ...
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Hoff Limits: February 2013
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Our Sage knows his onions. Reckoning it will generate £47 billion in user benefits to businesses when the entire network is completed, as well as between £6 billion and £12 billion in wider economic benefits. And all this from the ability to get from London to Birmingham 30 minutes quicker. Are we going to rebuild our flagging economy by cramming in extra piano lessons in the time we saved not being slumped dribbling on the 08.45 out of Euston? My second doubt about these predictions is the same as my do...
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Hoff Limits: For whom the road tolls
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Our Sage knows his onions. For whom the road tolls. The final phase of this river crossing - the Queen Elizabeth II Bridge, opened in 1991 - they granted them a 20 year licence to collect revenue. It was naively expected that the government of the day would scrap the toll once the debt had been repaid and a suitable maintenance fund had been accumulated,. Which was deemed to have occurred on 31 March 2002. Sir Rod Eddington, in a 2006 report for the DfT, estimated a total closure of a single junction of ...
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Hoff Limits: October 2011
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Our Sage knows his onions. It's not you, twitter, it's me. For a free service that opens up the world to people, twitter attracts an awful lot of moaning. Not the untutored Daily Mail. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). After trying his hand at songwriting, poetry, novels, short stories, company newsletters and shopping lists, Mike has found his perfect metier. Blogging: it's writing for people who can't be bothered. View my complete profile. To be the weatherman who knows which way the wind blows. The Nighting...
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Hoff Limits: April 2011
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Our Sage knows his onions. The Bride and Womb. Surely the dullest of all the dull prenuptial conversations conducted in the media this week has been the Royal Wedding attendees list. Would the Syrian ambassador's invitation be rescinded? How come the North Korean ambassador will get to pocket a couple of vol-au-vents but not Tony Blair? Would the King of Tonga get an invitation 8 for all his wives? Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile. The Bride and Womb. We should train them to do it!
