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October 29, 2009
Category: climate science
It seems like everyone wants to talk about Tiljander. I don't, particularly, but you gotta give the customers what they want, so here is a thread to discuss it if you like. The comment policy still applies, but I'll be...
Posted by William M. Connolley at 6:10 PM • 113 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
October 27, 2009
Category: climate science
Please don't force me to write another of these, I'll run out of "oh dear"s. The issue is RP Jr venturing into areas of climate science he doesn't understand (see losing the plot for the last one I remember) and...
Posted by William M. Connolley at 6:46 PM • 48 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: climate science?
There is a slightly weird AP news article by Seth Borenstein which purports to show that In a blind test, the AP gave temperature data to four independent statisticians and asked them to look for trends, without telling them what...
Posted by William M. Connolley at 3:38 PM • 19 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
October 25, 2009
Category: rowing
In training for Boston, I did a 1 hour erg cos the ladies were doing them, and sort of enjoyed it. And then we did Boston which was 50 km, but we weren''t really racing. And so I wondered how...
Posted by William M. Connolley at 12:49 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
October 24, 2009
Category: religion
Not Vicki this time. No, its the one about those naughty left-footers poaching the bums on our seats. Speaking of bums, apparently the apostates say: "The Church of England is, in the view of many of us, ceasing to be...
Posted by William M. Connolley at 5:00 PM • 8 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
October 23, 2009
Category: climate communication
Roger is having a spot of trouble: everyone is being nasty to him. Once upon a time the mighty Prometheus bestrode the world like a Colossus and ate big fish for breakfast, but now it seems Roger swims with the...
Posted by William M. Connolley at 4:49 PM • 25 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: misc
By way of a contrast, here is something I like: home-made bread. Also an index of how relaxed I feel. I've come to like the "make lots of rolls and let them rise into each other" style....
Posted by William M. Connolley at 3:54 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: not fun at all
Hardly an original sentiment I know, but I feel moved to make a token gesture of disgust at the monstrous bloated pile of junk that can't even paste text sanely and appears unable to resize a table in a comprehensible...
Posted by William M. Connolley at 12:17 PM • 12 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
October 21, 2009
Category: climate economics
The Economist has a couple of articles on energy policy and climate change, both related to Britain's Committee on Climate Change, an untested body. My title comes from the first, which basically says that a carbon tax would be a...
Posted by William M. Connolley at 5:30 PM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
October 20, 2009
Category: climate science?
The Arctic Ocean could be largely ice-free and open to shipping during the summer in as little as ten years' time, a top polar specialist has said. Don't believe it, but who is saying it? Yes, its the Beeb again,...
Posted by William M. Connolley at 5:23 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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