In another life I worked for Oracle in the UK and thence onto the US. When I first met my boss to be, the UK offices were in Richmond. By the time I had joined, they had moved to Chertsey. Within a …
This post originated as a comment in another thread, but it made me think more - again - about how language is constantly being twisted to operate against people.
I wrote
“Language is powerful - …
Stone Age culture in the Orkney islands
When I was eight years old, we took a family trip to the Orkney islands off the north coast of Scotland. I don’t know why we went there particularly, but it …
In case you hadn’t noticed - I am in a bit of a catch up mode.
This for example is a set of links that clearly at one time all connected in my head, but for the life of me - I can’t see …
… Truly horrible.
So when I read Google Slides is actually Hilarious … sadly on Medium (oh the irony - the ignominy of publishing your Google Slides takedown on Medium!), it needed to be …
Common wisdom regularly references Pareto - even while not knowing who the hell Pareto is. A humorist might even say that 80% of people who quote the 80/20 rule have never heard of Pareto.
Turns out …
Bit by bit I have been consolidating the ‘Wor(l)ds of John’ and putting everything under a single, smaller roof. So when I say ‘single’ … less?
My Blot site is not just thoughts that somehow …
David Bowie’s Glam Masterpiece ‘Hunky Dory’ Turns 50
In his book Never A Dull Moment: 1971 The Year That Rock Exploded, British music journalist David Hepworth lays out a case for considering 1971 as the most consequential year (from beginning to end) in music.
… which reminded me of 1971 - The Year That 🎵🎼 Music Changed Everything - excellent series.
VPNs Poor Privacy and Security Practices.
(From ‘Consumer Reports’). As a ‘consumer' - not helpful.
Example …
“We found that 12 out of 16 of the VPNs we looked at either inaccurately …
Idle thoughts.
Proving that ‘sound thinking’ might not be the same as ‘thinking with sound’.