Comments for I think I feel another exclamation mark coming on.

Comment on Three men, one boat (and a dog) by Maverickalex Acp

Maverickalex Acp — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 14:27:51 +0000

i haven’t read the book but the series with griff rhys jones was a larrff.

Comment on Three men, one boat (and a dog) by Jamie@montgomerie.ne

Jamie@montgomerie.ne — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:03:15 +0000

You should write a Reader Pick!

Comment on Notes from Denmark by Jon

Jon — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 22:06:20 +0000

Au contraire, where would be my Manhattan without vermouth??

I like the talking in Norwegian sentiment

Comment on Notes from Denmark by Allan Beaufour

Allan Beaufour — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:19:28 +0000

What do you mean “Martini Rosso is never a good thing to drink”?? It’s the best. Always!

Comment on Language FAIL by James Turner

James Turner — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 14:45:02 +0000

Testing WB-FB-Connect.

Comment on Casual gaming, economics of play by Jon

Jon — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 19:08:53 +0000

invented. It’s the true dawn of a of a bright future: wifi, cell networks, landlines all merge into one glorious mess, anything can connect directly to anything, all hardware contains and transmits biometrics and lifesigns, everything is controllable by thought and gesture, all you data is stored forever on the cheapest commodity virtual data-center that you bought storage derivatives in, wars are fought by botnets, humans become fuel for the machines, a monolith is found on the moon, humans explore the Higgs and the solar system, time travel is

Comment on Casual gaming, economics of play by H

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 13:15:28 +0000

Geek.
But yes, I know the feeling. My impulse buy threshold is slightly higher (and I’m Scottish too :O) but I’ve definitely got my moneys worth from bejeweled and got Spore this weekend which kept me busy (when I couldn’t log wow).

And now I’m gonna have to get a Skype account too… What’s your thoughts on that one?

Comment on by Paul

Paul — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 14:56:36 +0000

Advertising using Piers Morgan? Really?
Last bearable option for food after midnight in Waterloo station.
Going down the pan for over a decade but miraculously still trading?
Unexpected TV adverts for frilly underwear? phwoar!

What exactly are they researching? Isn’t it just a plea for help: “Please, please, please tell us how lovely and important we are”?

Comment on Market Value by Colm

Colm — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 15:33:39 +0000

Well, every market has its supply constrained to some extent, and being mass produced just means that there is a slightly higher degree of fungibility. Dutch tulips were/are effectively identical too, and while there are differences between houses, it’s still a relatively fungible market – they’re not all *that* different.

The *real* difference between Nikon cameras and tulips, houses and yahoo stocks is that everybody Nikon cameras are only going to go down in value (electronics decrease in price faster than any other good) and everybody bought the other assets on the assumption that they would increase.

Comment on Market Value by james

james — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 13:14:17 +0000

Well, hence my provisos about mass-produced, non-supply constrained items. Dutch tulips (in 1637), Yahoo shares and UK property all break those assumptions. Also, treating property as an investment, rather than somewhere to live, seems to be what got us into the current mess. Finding a nice flat in Edinburgh would have been much easier without all the buy-to-let folks inflating the market.