-
Geek help wanted
I've just moved house and my computer currently isn't working properly. The main drive and the OS work fine - but when I try plugging in the secondary drive, it just starts whirring and won't stop - neither Windows nor Linux pick up its presence and the drive itself just gets hot. Any suggestions as to how to get it to work again ( Read more... ) -
Leaving London
I should probably have posted about this before. But no time like the present...
I'm leaving London this weekend to start a new job just outside Reading. Working for TRL as a statistician. Normal Borders meeting is on tonight. (I'll post my new address in a friendslocked entry when I'm moved in). -
Everyone's a little bit racist
A recent musing on sexism caused me to remember one part of my experience in South America I was ashamed of at the time. Whenever in Brazil or Argentina an indigenous American approached me and started a conversation, I knew he was going to ask me for money. If it was a Latin American who started the conversation, I knew he was going to ask for ( Read more... ) -
It never rains but it pours
Work disrupted on account of burst radiator. -
More essays that started elsewhere
This one started on Ship of Fools ( explaining my views on contraception and why I think those opposing it side with evil ) -
Sense-Dominant language
ozarque has been doing a series on sense-dominant language which I've been thinking about for the last couple of weeks. She's also (rightly) been pointing out that there is a lot less touch-dominant language than there is other language ( Read more... ) -
Why do people create false dichotomies?
Moved to my journal because this was getting far too far offtopic.
In response to someone on abortiondebate claiming that socialism is discredited ( I demonstrated that it is necessary for capitalism ) -
Borders meets
I should have posted about this before - but three posts in a night is probably a personal record...
In mid 2004, karen2205 started running meetups to have coffee in Borders Oxford Street on Tuesday evenings. After a month or so we started rounding off the evening with meals ( Read more... ) -
Bloody Hell!
I've just found out about the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill. A bill designed to allow ministers to short-circuit parliament and reform legislation or impliment the recommendations of the Law Commission arbitrarily.
Purpose(1) A Minister of the Crown may by order make provision for either or both of the following purposes ( Read more... ) -
'O Hari's Game ... Or why I don't do personality tests
My Johari/Nohari results are in - and there was only one choice there I found anything resembling a surprise. I also think that everyone who commented would approximately agree on who I am. On the other hand, there was only one word (intelligent) that appeared in more than half the answers and three others (proud, energetic and calm) that ( Read more... )