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Gun ownership in the UK

Lots of talk on the radio, the TV and the national press about gun ownership and whether we should start enforcing psycho analysis on owners of firearms to see if they are likely to go postal or not. This is of course in the wake of the appalling events in...

So the UK is skint?

BBC News is reporting today that Andy Coulson earned £275,000 as chief of communications for the Tories. I feel duty bound to correct that. He might have been paid £275,000 but he sure as hell didn’t EARN it. Apparently in the cuts, the government is assuring us they won’t stop collecting rubbish...

How to disable the seatbelt sensor in your Peugeot 107

This really bugs me. I always wear a seatbelt when I’m driving, but tend to take it off when I’m parking. I don’t need a constant irritating beep telling me I have my seatbelt off, primarily because I know it’s off and I’m not an idiot. Luckily, it’s easy enough...

SEOMOZ discusses Faceted Search

This week SEOMOZ put up a post on crawling and indexing issues with Faceted Search. They also made reference to an interview with Matt Cutts on Faceted Search and SEO. Normally I’d join the conversation on there and pop in a comment or two, but in this instance I want to...

Why is no VAT paid in the Channel Islands?

The Channel Islands enjoy exemption from UK VAT (sales tax). I’d always wondered why this would be, and unable to find any reason for it I asked a few people. The overwhelming answer that came back was that the Channel Islands were granted exemption from VAT after World War II...

If a tree falls in the forest and there is no-one to hear it happen, does it make a sound?

Got asked this one this morning – a classic philosophical question which one can argue over endlessly. What interests me most about this question is the effect quantum mechanics has on the question. If we apply quantum mechanics, the question changes and becomes: If a tree falls in the forest, and...