Month: February 2011

  • The Long Tail

    I talked with the owner of my favourite pub in Cambridge last night. The pub shall remain nameless for reasons that will become apparent. He refuses to sell Carling, Stella, Bulmers, etc. on tap. Instead he sells fine whiskeys and rums, real ale (offering 2 guest ales which change regularly), and decent ciders. His landlord […]

  • No2AV – more expensive

    Doubtless you know the arguments for and against AV; I credit readers of this article with enough intelligence to understand the difference between AV and FPTP, as well as what it would mean in the bigger picture – how it would change politics over the course of a number of years, and over a number […]

  • Cycling is for the stupid and/or idealistic

    (UPDATE 2014: Cycling is no longer stupid. It’s beautiful. My new bike is also lovely.) Cycling is for stupid people. My brief love affair with the humble bicycle officially ended tonight in Cambridge. There is something positively Darwinian about the concept of getting on a 30kg skeleton of poles and axles and thinking it’s somehow […]