My guitar. Looks great, but I’m still playing badly! Copyright © 2009 Kulvinder Singh Matharu – All Rights Reserved
Archive of entries posted on February 2009
Uncut Interview with Ian McEwan – Dawkin’s “Root of All Evil?”
Just read this article at richarddawkins.net showing an uncut interview of Ian McEwan from Richard Dawkin’s Channel 4 TV program ‘The Root of All Evil?’. Ian McEwan is a very polite and fiercely intelligent person. He earns respect. In many ways he reminds me of Dr Jonathan Miller. I’ve reposted the YouTube clip of the interview here, [...]
comparethemeerkat.com
It isn’t very often that I talk about a TV advert. But the recent comparethemarket.com/comparethemeerkat.com averts have been real fun and, unlike most other adverts, I know exactly what product / service the advert is about. They’ve got me hooked. Just check out www.comparethemeerkat.com. Utterly brilliant. Aleksandr is a star! Copyright © 2009 Kulvinder Singh Matharu – [...]
Snow in London
Had some snow in London today, 2nd February 2009…the heaviest it’s been for 6 years. London has basically come to a stop with many schools closed and major disruptions and suspensions of the transportation system. Tried to get into work today but failed. Instead, later on in the day, I took a walk in the local [...]
Northern Rock and Wall Street…there’s something wrong here
The house of cards that the banks built on the endless cycle of increasing debt to fuel growth has collapsed. With the current economic crises, times are rough. Despite people working longer hours, working harder hours, businesses are going under. Jobs are being lost. However, with initiatives from the governments with their huge investments in aid [...]
The shaky foundations of Chiropractic
Although I have generally focused on homeopaths, and even though there has been some progress in addressing pseudoscience in some UK universities, Quackometer reminded me that there are a bunch of other pseudosciences out there that appear to be accepted by the public at large. In particular, Quackometer’s article discusses the current status of chiropractic. The [...]
