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November 2007
Quadriga lags the valve badly
Friday, 30 November 2007 10:00 P GMT+01
Since hotels I stay in gave up the simple television technology for Quadriga's digital revolution my patience has been tested with menu-hopping and channel seeking without getting a picture for minutes on end.
So Utterly Utterly Un-pretty
Friday, 30 November 2007 9:22 P GMT+01
I could hold my peace no longer, females who are failing woefully at becoming ladies and settling for the less than tramp look and demeanour.
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Don't name the teddy bear
Thursday, 29 November 2007 6:58 P GMT+01
Religious sensibilities offended by benign lapses in judgement or just humorous release are becoming the energy of the idle mob.
England's unfounded claims to football supremacy
Monday, 26 November 2007 10:54 P GMT+01
English football needs to wake up to the fact that we have not been been good enough since the Summer of 1966 and we need to face that fact and deal with it - Now!
Child Benefit repercussions are decades away
Monday, 26 November 2007 2:05 A GMT+01
The Child Benefit data loss scandal in the UK has ramifications further down the line where the immutability of some data-sets can be used decades from now.
Thank you Mr. Steve McLaren
Thursday, 22 November 2007 2:48 P GMT+01
The England Football manager, Steve McLaren has been sacked fro not leading England to the Euro 2008 Football Championships.
English international football is in need of some radical reform and I am not sure we have the people to deliver that.
Between Smith and Mugabe - no difference
Wednesday, 21 November 2007 6:21 P GMT+01
The death of Ian Smith allows us to reflect on his life and the regime of the man who succeeded him.
It would appear apart from race, Robert Mugabe may now be hearing what would be said of himself through what is being said now of Ian Smith.
Feeling good at 65 - My Mum
Wednesday, 21 November 2007 5:22 A GMT+01
Just a note, my mum is 65 today.
Meeting Mr. Big Stuff
Monday, 19 November 2007 12:46 A GMT+01
The Barcelona round-up - not returning to that hotel, a simply functional lounge, service at Zara and meeting Mr. Big Stuff.
Category: Commentary
Techies have kids too
Saturday, 17 November 2007 5:04 A GMT+01
The last day at Microsoft TechEd IT Forum.
The Vista from my Windows
Friday, 16 November 2007 1:20 P GMT+01
Update on Day four and why I would be installing Windows Vista when I get back home.
Policing Adedibu and Nigerian Crime
Friday, 16 November 2007 6:57 A GMT+01
The crime situation in Nigeria from different perspectives of prevention and execution.
Skirting the issue
Wednesday, 14 November 2007 10:57 P GMT+01
Update on Day Two at the Microsoft TechEd IT Forum
Cosmetic surgery poses dangers
Tuesday, 13 November 2007 3:23 P GMT+01
Another high-profile death from a cosmetic procedure again exposes the reality of complications and the inherent dangers of plastic surgery.
The Grand Old Duke of Pakistan
Tuesday, 13 November 2007 6:59 A GMT+01
Did the English make up this nursery rhyme for the Pervez Musharrafs of this world? I think so.
Beating the hands in Barcelona
Monday, 12 November 2007 8:31 P GMT+01
My first day at the Microsoft TechEd IT Forum in Barcelona was quite good fun.
Microsoft does micro-courtesy
Sunday, 11 November 2007 9:28 P GMT+01
My expectations of courtesy are sometimes too high that I end up being disappointed.
De excitement La Catalunya
Saturday, 10 November 2007 8:59 P GMT+01
Anytime I travel there is always something happening and this is my tale about going to Barcelona.
Gosh! I am quite pissed off
Friday, 9 November 2007 6:27 P GMT+01
Someone at the office lit my firecracker and set me off big time, but for the big boss who had a pail of water handy to douse the flames.
Category: Commentary General
Nigeria takes Big Tobacco to court about kids
Wednesday, 7 November 2007 7:17 P GMT+01
Nigeria is suing international cigarette companies on their complicity in allowing their cigarettes to fall into the hands of children.
They do have a cause, but maybe not a case.
The Blood Transfusion con claims another life
Monday, 5 November 2007 5:29 P GMT+01
A church teaching against blood transfusion leaves newly born twins bereft of their mother all in service to some religious belief based on the interpretation of other mere men.
The unassailable Paula Radcliffe
Sunday, 4 November 2007 10:06 P GMT+01
Paula Radcliffe wins the New York City Marathon - a great comeback.
Musharraf cannot fool us again
Sunday, 4 November 2007 3:18 P GMT+01
Emergency rule in Pakistan is bad enough but to be lectured by General Musharraf on his failed democratic credentials is an insult we should not take lying low.
My blonde narration - Stockholm
Sunday, 4 November 2007 2:03 P GMT+01
My visit to Stockholm early last week and my general impressions. A basic review of The Entrapment of a Nation.
Category: Commentary General
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