Category: Society
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Christmas cheer 2008
That’s one way of looking at a Christmas wish, I suppose. As we approach the end of a troubled year, staring recession in the face, it is worth keeping in mind that this Christmas won’t be one of cheer and…
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The end of Woolies draws close
I popped into Woolworths when I was in Wokingham at lunchtime, just to see what was happening. As just about everyone in the UK knows, Woolworths – a retailing institution known as Woolies – will close the doors on all…
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The bailout pictured
(Click the image to see the larger original.) How do you react when you see some of the numbers that talk about how much various government bailouts will cost in the global recession that we’re surely heading into? I tend…
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Paying attention to copyright
One topic I’ve written about before in this blog is copyright, prompted in particular by my continuing puzzlement about why we continue to use laws that are based on geography in an age where intellectual property is increasingly digital and…