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One line thoughts of the day.

For those who can’t get their hear around the maths behind E Pluribus Hugo, think of it like this. You have one vote, and it goes to whichever of your nominations turns out to be the most popular with other voters.

Posted on August 21, 2015 by Tim Hall | 4 Comments

“Inside Amazon: Wrestling Big Ideas in a Bruising Workplace” is a horrifying account of the brutal way Amazon is run. One day we’ll regard management practices like this the way we now regard the slave trade or Aztec human sacrifices.

Posted on August 16, 2015 by Tim Hall | Comments Off

This error 404 page from The Financial Times is wonderful, stating why the page cannot be displayed in terms of differing economic theories. You don’t have be an economist to appreciate it.

Posted on August 12, 2015 by Tim Hall | Comments Off

Angus Young, Mel Gibson, Olivia Newton-John, Angry Anderson, Dame Edna Everage, Bouncer, Skippy. You guys took a hell of beating. A hell of a beating.

Posted on August 8, 2015 by Tim Hall | Comments Off

It’s a shame almost all news sites need “promoted links” to sleazy cynical bottom-feeding clickbait garbage to remain viable. They lower the tone of every site, and actually clicking on one is like stepping in a dog turd in the street and treading it into the carpet. The economics of the web is broken.

Posted on July 22, 2015 by Tim Hall | Comments Off

A thought. The Libertines are to indie what ELP are to prog. Loved by their fans but epitomising everything non-fans loathe about their entire genre.

Posted on June 26, 2015 by Tim Hall | Comments Off

Anyone else wondering if Philae coming back to life and the return of The Clangers is just a coincidence?

Posted on June 15, 2015 by Tim Hall | Comments Off

You know, it’s not compulsory to have to express an opinion on someone you’d never heard of until they start trending on Twitter. The world will continue to revolve without your hastily-written thinkpiese.

Posted on June 12, 2015 by Tim Hall | Comments Off

I wish we could have a world where people could say the occasional stupid thing without the entire internet landing on their head.

Posted on June 10, 2015 by Tim Hall | Comments Off

Got to love the Sex Pistols credit cards. Thre is much schadenfreude at the congnitive dissonance it gives to those who still buy uncritically into the whole punk mythology. So much of “punk” was manufactured consumerist bullshit from the very beginning.

Posted on June 9, 2015 by Tim Hall | 2 Comments