March 31, 2006
Software which tells you if you are annoying or boring
A Cambridge scientist has created a piece of software which can warm you if you are annoying or boring by analysing the facial reactions of your interlocutor. It is designed for people with mild autism, but might have wider applications.
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March 23, 2006
Vote for Pomme and Kelly
It's only fair to mention that Pomme and Kelly are worth voting for in Google idol. Hilarious.
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March 17, 2006
Michael Thomas 1942-2006
My father-in-law, Michael Thomas, died in the London Hospital yesterday morning.
The following announcement will appear in The Guardian tomorrow:
DEATHS
THOMAS, Michael James. Beloved husband
of Pam. Father of Chloe & Sophie. Inspirational
teacher of town planning at Oxford Brookes
University. London, 16th March, 2006, aged 64.
"If I can't dance, I don't want to be part of your
revolution"
Donations to Motor Neurone Disease society
www.mndassociation.org.
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March 13, 2006
Ian Blair is wise to keep his tape running
The chief constable of the Metropolitan Police, Ian Blair, is in trouble for taping his calls with government figures and the IPCC. Why so? It is not clear that he has released the contents of these tapes, which would be the civil (not criminal) offence.
Ian Blair seems wise, in particular, to wish to record the views of Attorney General Lord Goldsmith, the man whose interpretation of international law has in the past proved contentious. Goldsmith, it will be remembered, told Tony Blair that it was possible legally to invade Iraq, despite his Defence Minister's knowledge that any Iraqi unconventional weapons were no threat to Britain, a fact that would seem to remove the sole legal justification.
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