Miscellaneous rubbish

Teetering

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Writing – whether a new song or a bit of fiction – is very often like walking along a thin wire over an abyss. The abyss isn’t death but the loss of the idea – if you look down too long, or think too hard about the almost intangible thing you are running through your … Read more

Never enough time?

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Lots of people have heard of Parkinson’s Law: Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion Anyone who has worked for any length of time knows this to be true. Looking at it from another angle, you’re never quite finished – yes, you finish projects, empty inboxes, get through to-do lists but there’s … Read more

Innocent: nothing to fear

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So the whole NSA thing kicked off and the entire internet is full of commentary, as you’d expect. As with any new piece of news, HUGE REVELATION is followed by some detailed picking apart. (Right now, the biggie seems to be the “what does ‘direct access’ to servers actually mean?” – next up, “Why did … Read more