Category Archives: Humour
Notes on Sweden, Saudi and behaviour change
When I read that someone had bombed Saudi Arabia’s oil facilities and their production was down 50%, I assumed that Sweden had finally realised that climate diplomacy was doomed to failure and decided to take proper action. Disabling Saudi’s oil … Continue reading
Greentech Update – Body tech
Our occasional series on technology resumes after a four year hiatus… Following on from Google’s smart glasses, Sony has now filed a patent for a smart wig (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-25099262). We interviewed some up-and-coming entrepreneurs from the body-tech space. “Pathetic,” spat Brad … Continue reading
Boredom intolerance
“’Th’”, said Arthur Scrotum. “As in ‘thought’, ‘thank’… Not ‘f’ as in ‘feeble’.” He found that it was always best to sort out the name thing up front. “You can blame your parents for your Christian name,” he said. “But, … Continue reading
Split personalities
I just found a chapter from Climate Change for Football Fans which I cut out of the final version. So here goes: Split personalities We were standing in the James Hargreaves Lower stand of Turf Moor. The home crowd had … Continue reading
Geo-engineering: Think global – act local.
Former postman, Rod Flange, 53, was arrested yesterday in Telford after a five hour stand-off with armed police. “I was just doing my duty as a citizen,” he shouted to the assembled press as he was dragged away by two … Continue reading