In the 80's the big summer games convention was Gamesfair and it took place on university campuses, Reading and Loughborough. In the 90's the big summer convention was Gencon and it took place in big cities like London. Outraged at being left out of the con circuit a group of Cornish gamers brought the UK rights to Gencon and moved it to the ( Read more... )

For anyone who ever has deal with Finance, wrestled and raged at Excel there is the tumblr #WheninFinance, some captions NSFW. For those who are wondering whether they really do work 80-90 hours a week, yes they do. Who needs friends, family, sleep or even health when you have the promise of money?

An investment show run by t1ps for its members. It's a mixture of small companies doing shareholder relations and a main hall for guest speakers. The speaker lineup has been fairly static over the past few years but as they are an entertaining group I'm not complaining ( Read more... )

The 2nd Greek Bailout, the Duke Nukem Forever of the Financial world, has happened and like DNF, everyone hates it. Monetary Miserablism will continue until there is a change of script or director, Beatings will continue until morale improves, etc ( Read more... )

I have some VHS tapes that I am throwing out. On the off chance that someone might want one, please leave a comment.

( The list, a mixture of films and TV series )

A few weeks back, journalists were told by credible sources that a deal on Greek debt was due to be signed at the weekend. This would be the model solution for any other European states. We're still waiting for that deal, it seems that the traditional Euro fudge approach to summit deals is not working. Unsurprisingly the tale is turning into a ( Read more... )

As many people have noted, SOPA is a House bill that will cause more problems than it attempts to solve. A knee jerk overreaction, something must be done etc.

There are three bills before Congress around the issues of IP, Copyright and so on.
1) SOPA, HR3261, which has 31 co-sponsors out of 435 members of the House of Representatives
2) Protect ( Read more... )

Negotiation is a key life skill that we all need.

Slate has put together a series of 10 short podcasts on the noble art of persuasion. A witty and engaging series which has interviews with Wall Street deal makers and Police Negotiation specialists. Whether we are talking with friends or colleagues we are often engaging in Negotiation, seeking the ( Read more... )

Livejournal will continue to degrade ( Read more... )

Another election, another time where LJ is slow to unusable. I wonder who the attackers would be? I see the protest vote in Russia went to the Communists. Just how bad does it have to get where you'd vote for Commie Mutant Traitors?