Peter Risdon

Here’s a real treat: a very young Richard Feynman lecturing about the relationship between physics and mathematics. Playlist here.

Consider these two people:

and:

Both consider themselves to be Aboriginal Australians. One is preoccupied by difference, explaining that:
While Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have an affinity with Native Americans through similarities in our world views and our experiences of colonised peoples, there are also some strong relationships with African Americans.
While the other asserts that:
The [...]

Here are two ways of saying the same thing…
Wikipedia on Jean Baudrillard, and Bill Hicks:

Here’s a YouTube tribute to the Wales coach Shaun Edwards – one of the most respected coaches in rugby, and a man England were insane enough not to recruit:

Scepticism is just another word for willingness to entertain the possibility of being honest.
Willem Buiter

… and neither will I spin
I don’t suppose he reads this blog, but have a good holiday, anyway.

Via Laban, this:
Dear Mr Brown
Are your debts becoming harder to pay?Is your over inflated Housing Market in Crisis?Have your Banks been squandering money at a level that could bring your economy down, but the revenue was good, so you didn?t want to meddle?Are you up a creek without a paddle?
If so, then:
Consolidate you debts into [...]

Paul Dacre said this, in support of tabloid journalism:
Sensation sells papers
He was arguing in favour of the sort of journalism that hid cameras to record the sexual exploits of Max Moseley. There are a lot of arguments that could be set against this idea, some from his own speech that extolled the virtues of newspapers [...]

As you’d expect, Selfridges sold out in just 48 hours.

A letter published in the Ely Standard:
Dreary Presentation But I Made My Point About Wicken Vision
15:58 – 18 November 2008I HAVE just sat through another dreary presentation from the stubborn National Trust regarding its ideas for these Wicken Fens. Thanks to East Cambridgeshire District Council’s public participation procedure, I was able to put the following [...]