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December 30, 2009
Category: not fun at all
Apparently, exploding underpants are to be banned on planes from now on. Security experts say that they never expected anyone to try this, but now that someone has they will look there too. They are considering banning exploding vests...
Posted by William M. Connolley at 6:29 PM • 18 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
December 24, 2009
Category: misc
'Twas the night before Christmas and all the blogs were silent as mice. The usual fare will return. For now, comments are off. Happy Christams to all! [Update: comments are back]...
Posted by William M. Connolley at 1:48 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
December 23, 2009
Category: climate communication
The latest is http://connelleywatch.blogspot.com/. I'd be slightly more honoured if my watcher was watching closely enough to spell my name. [Update: they have (silently) taken my comment to heart and moved it to http://connolleywatch.blogspot.com/] [Late update: thanks to JG for...
Posted by William M. Connolley at 5:57 PM • 35 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: wikipedia
Via dubious routes I ended up at the bizarre http://wattsupwiththat.com/2009/12/22/william-connolley-and-wikipedia-turborevisionism/. Unfortunately I didn't get to see the oringal version. In what is presumably deliberate irony, he has coined the term "Turborevisionism" to describe his own updating. And it possesses the...
Posted by William M. Connolley at 12:00 PM • 37 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
December 22, 2009
Category: climate economics
Carbon prices drop in wake of climate talks. Carbon prices plunged on Monday in the aftermath of the Copenhagen conference on climate change, dealing a blow to the credibility of the European Union's carbon-trading scheme. Prices for carbon permits for...
Posted by William M. Connolley at 5:28 PM • 24 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
December 19, 2009
Category: climate communication
Actually it turns out that this is part 3! But I'm not going to revise the title now. Part 1 and Part 2 refer, as does some digging. [Update: this made the [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2009-12-28/In the news]] ]...
Posted by William M. Connolley at 4:30 PM • 65 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
December 18, 2009
Category: climate communication
An exciting new blog aicomment.blogspot.com. However, I'm insulted that An Open Mind has got on their bad-boys list and I'm not. I thought I was notorious for rejecting inconvenient comments? Anyway, *I* suggest that you all try to make a...
Posted by William M. Connolley at 6:37 AM • 29 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
December 17, 2009
Category: fun
So, it snowed. I got stuck in traffic after a curry and Miriam had to walk home through the mighty blizzard. The photo doesn't really capture the full horror of a full 5" of snow - who knows, perhaps...
Posted by William M. Connolley at 6:29 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
December 13, 2009
Category: rowing
The mighty Chesterton Men (Ralph, James H, Chris W, Dave B, Me (special guest appearance on strokeside), Michael S, Andi R, Mike PJ; cox James T) powered to victory in Saturday, though admittedly not in the prestigious "best fancy dress"...
Posted by William M. Connolley at 4:47 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
December 5, 2009
Category: climate communication
Somewhat against my will, I find myself obliged to post about Hulme, if only to stop people arguing on other talk pages. Come and argue here, folks :-(. Anyway, KK pointed me to two Hulme pieces, and I'll take those...
Posted by William M. Connolley at 5:41 PM • 55 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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