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Truth and fiction and strangeness

August 23rd, 2006 · 5 Comments · Four pillars

In a recent post titled On Control, I wrote about what happened to LIFE Magazine in 1972; in it I referred to a number of quotes from something called Dirck Halstead’s Platypus Papers.
As an aside, I asked if anyone knew where I could find my favourite LIFE photograph, one that has eluded me for three [...]

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On nurture versus nature

August 23rd, 2006 · 13 Comments · Four pillars

Regular readers will know that I have a thing about education, and that my dream is to build a school from scratch as and when I have no role to play in traditional enterprise. A school that makes use of social software and Moore and Metcalfe and Gilder; that knows how to create value from [...]

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Not cricket

August 23rd, 2006 · 3 Comments · Four pillars

OK, I’m going out on a limb here, but I’m passionate about cricket and therefore feel I must say what I feel.
I’m appalled at the playing of the race card in recent discussions and debates about the last England-Pakistan Test.

Umpires can and do make bad decisions. They’re human, and often have to make the calls [...]

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On spam

August 23rd, 2006 · 4 Comments · Four pillars

Just a thought.
Why is it that the spam I get is usually about sex (porn sites and performance enhancers), drugs (performance enhancers and weight loss) rock & roll (ringtones and downloads) and money (every get-rich-quick scheme possible, along with a few that defy belief)? 99% of the stuff that Akismet blocks for me (thank you [...]

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